I'll try my best to explain my question with examples because I don't have much knowledge on the theory.
So say that I had a block of water in air, a cube of water, that is dropping. If the cube wasn't too big, I believe that as it will drop, then the air from underneath it will rush to either side of it, as the water displaces the air on it's way down.
Now lets change the situation. Say I had the cube of water, but now its suspended in the air in a tank (like a fish tank), as shown in the picture. Here, I believe that there is the weight force of the water acting evenly downwards, but the air pressure may be different, as the whole system is bounded by the walls. Logically, I believe that the air would then rush through the center of the water cube, forming a bubble, allowing the water to rush down to the bottom.
Though this may be completely wrong, I'm not sure. So my question is, is that is there any possible shape for the water to be originally in, so that all the forces sort of balance so that there is no distortions in the shape, and that then the air will be compressed under the force? I understand that perhaps at the microscopic level, if we take into account the random motion of molecules, and other factors, that there will inevitably be some sort of inbalance, but macroscopically what would be the perfect shape? I'm not even sure if any of this makes any sense. Thanks for any help understanding.