southeasterly
adverb or adjective
south·east·er·ly
sau̇th-ˈē-stər-lē 
sau̇-ˈē-
1
: from the southeast
2
: toward the southeast
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That morning, a thunderstorm started in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and moved southeasterly including through Madison, Rockford and Milwaukee.
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Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
And those cooling southeasterly winds would gust to 50 mph by 7 p.m.
Rain intensified overnight and was especially heavy between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Sept. 25.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
Strong southeasterly winds pushed the fire toward Cape Town’s densely populated neighborhoods, where flames engulfed campus buildings and a hillside restaurant attached to the Rhodes Memorial, which commemorates British colonialist Cecil Rhodes.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2021
Tomorrow night: Skies should turn partly to mostly cloudy with a light east-southeasterly breeze blowing.
—Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
Afternoon southeasterly breezes could gust around 20 mph at times.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
An area of low pressure over southeastern Pennsylvania will cause an east to southeasterly flow across the region on Thursday resulting in variable cloudiness with high temperatures in the 70s and lower 80s.
—Hartford Courant, 7 July 2022
The National Weather Service says the southerly to southeasterly flow will bring rain up from northern California.
—oregonlive, 17 June 2022
This helps raise the dew point a bit, as moisture levels increase slightly, and milder air starts moving in on very light southeasterly breezes.
—Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
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Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
And those cooling southeasterly winds would gust to 50 mph by 7 p.m.
Rain intensified overnight and was especially heavy between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Sept. 25.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
Strong southeasterly winds pushed the fire toward Cape Town’s densely populated neighborhoods, where flames engulfed campus buildings and a hillside restaurant attached to the Rhodes Memorial, which commemorates British colonialist Cecil Rhodes.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2021
Tomorrow night: Skies should turn partly to mostly cloudy with a light east-southeasterly breeze blowing.
—Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
Afternoon southeasterly breezes could gust around 20 mph at times.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
An area of low pressure over southeastern Pennsylvania will cause an east to southeasterly flow across the region on Thursday resulting in variable cloudiness with high temperatures in the 70s and lower 80s.
—Hartford Courant, 7 July 2022
The National Weather Service says the southerly to southeasterly flow will bring rain up from northern California.
—oregonlive, 17 June 2022
This helps raise the dew point a bit, as moisture levels increase slightly, and milder air starts moving in on very light southeasterly breezes.
—Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
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southeasterly
adverb or adjective
south·east·er·ly
sau̇-ˈthē-stər-lē
sau̇-ˈē-
1
: from the southeast
2
: toward the southeast
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