northwesterly
toward or from the northwest.
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How to use northwesterly in a sentence
Northerly and northwesterly breezes should slowly die down from near 20 mph to around 5 mph by dawn.
D.C.-area forecast: Increasingly comfortable as we head into the weekend | A. Camden Walker | July 30, 2021 | Washington PostAfternoon northwesterly breezes gust near 20 mph as a tiny shower or storm chance arrives near sunset.
D.C.-area forecast: Summerlike heat persists then grows this weekend, despite occasional cloudiness | A. Camden Walker | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostNorth-northwesterly wind gusts build and could near 35 mph at times during the afternoon.
D.C.-area forecast: More springlike in the days ahead. Rain chances arrive late Saturday. | A. Camden Walker | April 23, 2021 | Washington PostHigh temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s combine with west-northwesterly winds near 20 mph, gusting near 35 mph at times, calling for a jacket.
D.C.-area forecast: A chilly wind today, then slowly warmer into next week | A. Camden Walker | April 16, 2021 | Washington PostWest-to-northwesterly winds initially fanned ashfall north of Barbados, but Saturday the breeze changed direction.
Satellites capture dozens of explosive eruptions from La Soufrière volcano on St. Vincent island | Matthew Cappucci | April 12, 2021 | Washington Post
Folkner led the way in a northwesterly direction, and evidently knew where he was going.
Within The Enemy's Lines | Oliver OpticThen the Seine flows like a ribbon of silver in a northwesterly direction into the English Channel.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment | Charles E. BoltonThe land lay prettily, the stream at this point flowing in a southerly direction, with the timber claim on its northwesterly bank.
The Boy Settlers | Noah BrooksTaking a northwesterly route having, as he thought, got around the country of Mirambo, he pushed forward with all speed.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa | Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher JohnsonIt flows northward and then turns in a northwesterly direction, emptying finally in Puget Sound at the city of Seattle.
Mount Rainier | Various
British Dictionary definitions for northwesterly
/ (ˌnɔːθˈwɛstəlɪ, nautical ˌnɔːˈwɛstəlɪ) /
in, towards, or (esp of a wind) from the northwest
a wind or storm from the northwest
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