In the northern hemisphere lower pressure is to the left. Winds blow counter clockwise around a low pressure system and clockwise around a high in the northern hemisphere. Friction always acts in the direction opposite to movement. If there is no movement friction is zero. The magnitude is a function of the type of surface.
Friction is small over a frozen lake and strong in forest.
Near the surface, friction reduces the wind speed, which reduces the Coriolis force. The weaker Coriolis force no longer balances the pressure gradient force and so the wind blows across the isobars toward lower pressure. Thus the pressure gradient force is balanced by friction and Coriolis force. In the northern hemisphere, surface winds blow counterclockwise and into a low, and flow out of a high in a clockwise direction. The direction is the direction from which the wind is blowing .