How to Use northeastward in a Sentence

northeastward

adverb or adjective

• More outages were feared overnight as the storm moves northeastward across the Deep South.
  — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2020
• The system is forecast to turn northeastward and merge with a strong cold front by the middle part of this week.
  — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2022
• The remnants of that system were expected to drift northeastward over the next few days.
  — Leigh Morgan, al.com, 5 June 2019
• Outages were mounting quickly as the storm moved northeastward across the Deep South.
  — Kevin McGill, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Oct. 2020
• The low is expected to move northward or northeastward through the end of the week, the hurricane center said.
  — Leigh Morgan, al.com, 23 July 2019
• The disturbance was over the south-central Gulf on Tuesday and was forecast to slowly track northeastward over the next few days.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 7 Sep. 2021
• By day 3, Dorian is forecast to turn northeastward ahead of a trough of low pressure approaching from the west.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 2 Sep. 2019
• The storm will then move northeastward and enter the Canadian maritime by Wednesday.
  — Adam Klotz, Fox News, 21 June 2021
• In spots, the line of late afternoon lightning storms that swept northeastward across the region came in the company of turbulent winds.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 July 2023
• This should help to steer Eta northward and eventually northeastward towards the Gulf Coast.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 6 Nov. 2020
• This system will continue to the north-northeast for the next day or two before turning more northeastward into the weekend.
  — Star Tribune, 18 June 2021
• The storm is moving quickly northeastward at 36 mph with maximum sustained gusts of 40 mph.
  — Fox News, 7 July 2020
• Thunderstorms and showers pop up Saturday through the day, easing up overnight as the front moves northeastward out of the area, leaving a nicer day behind for the Fourth -- just in time for fireworks.
  — Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN, 3 July 2021
• The jet stream will remain in a southwest to northeast configuration and allow a storm from the south to ride northeastward as the cold air locks in, Accuweather said.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2022
• Ida is expected to move northeastward across the area early today into Tuesday and bring the threat of flash flooding, tornadoes and gusty winds.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 30 Aug. 2021
• The system, that brought heavy rains and coastal flooding to the Mid-Atlantic on Friday, is expected to continue moving northeastward.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2021
• But Eta is expected to head into the Caribbean Friday and move northeastward.
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2020
• Then the system will pull northeastward into the Bahamas Saturday.
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 15 May 2020
• The weather service says the difference in Monday’s forecast is that systems lining up along the coast won’t be jammed up in one location and should be able to move more freely northeastward during the day.
  — oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2023
• Dorian is tracking around the western outside edge of an area of high pressure and that is expected to steer the storm northward and northeastward over the next 12-36 hours, the hurricane center said.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 4 Sep. 2019
• It was then expected to move northeastward along the coast and head into Louisiana sometime mid-week, with rainfall as its biggest threat.
  — Juan A. Lozano, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2020
• It was then expected to move northeastward along the coast and head into Louisiana sometime mid-week, with rainfall its biggest threat.
  — CBS News, 21 Sep. 2020
• However, upper-level winds are expected to move this system away from land, heading northeastward out over the ocean.
  — Adam Klotz, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2020
• The thunderstorms continued to organize and moved northeastward across the Rocky Mountains.
  — Russ Schumacher, The Conversation, 15 June 2020
• Even so, a huge amount of atmospheric moisture continued to move northeastward toward Texas.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2015
• The disturbance is forecast to move generally northeastward, merging with a frontal system over the western Atlantic by Tuesday night.
  — National Hurricane Center, NOLA.com, 16 Oct. 2017
• Meanwhile, the next incremental reach is underway and there's talk of service northeastward (very ambitious).
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 28 July 2019
• By tonight, the low is expected to move northeastward over the Atlantic, where some further organization could occur before the system encounters cooler waters in a day or so.
  — Brett Clarkson, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2019
• The violent storm swept northeastward Friday night across much of Mississippi and Alabama.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• Paulette continues to quickly move northeastward across the Atlantic and is expected to become a major hurricane later today.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024