How to Use northwesterly in a Sentence

northwesterly

adverb or adjective

• Behind that, expect breezy north and northwesterly winds through the middle of the week.
  — Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• The upper air flow will turn more west to northwesterly and usher in stable air.
  — oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2022
• In the winter, when northwesterly winds bring rain, the couple warm up with a hanging French fireplace in the living room.
  — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2020
• If northwesterly winds manage to gust near 40 mph, wind chills will easily be stuck in the 20s all day.
  — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
• The eerie sound, sort of a mix between a hum, a whistle and a screech, emerges when strong northwesterly winds across the bridge blow through slender new handrails that were installed on the west side of the span.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 1 July 2020
• The resurgent Arctic air rides in on west-northwesterly winds gusting near 25 mph at times.
  — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
• North-northwesterly wind gusts build and could near 35 mph at times during the afternoon.
  — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
• Slight north-northwesterly breezes should fully calm by late night.
  — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020
• There should be a shift in the wind in midafternoon, going from westerly to northwesterly, Leatherwood said.
  — Paige Fry, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2021
• Behind the front winds will turn northwesterly, and temperatures will fall quickly into the 50s and 60s with a gusty north wind.
  — Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2021
• Wind chills in the teens are possible, as northwesterly winds potentially howl, perhaps in the 20-30 mph range.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2018
• Tomorrow night: Skies try to stay mostly clear and northwesterly breezes calm down toward 10 mph.
  — Washington Post, 7 May 2021
• Evening northwesterly breezes around 20 mph are nearer 10 mph by sunrise.
  — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
• Skies quickly clear as chilly, but drying, northwesterly breezes diminish through the day.
  — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
• Gusty evening west-northwesterly breezes should nearly calm before dawn.
  — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
• Light winds from the south become northwesterly during the afternoon.
  — Washington Post, 21 June 2021
• Gusty northwesterly winds Monday add some extra chill to already-cold high temperatures in the mid-30s to around 40 degrees.
  — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021
• Afternoon northwesterly breezes gust near 20 mph as a tiny shower or storm chance arrives near sunset.
  — Washington Post, 21 May 2021
• On a positive note, the prevailing northwesterly winds were pushing the fire to the southeast, up a mountain and away from Ancient Olympia, authorities said.
  — Demetris Nellas, ajc, 24 July 2022
• The region is locked in a slow-motion tectonic collision, as the Pacific plate grinds its northwesterly path against the North American plate.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2019
• The heaviest precipitation looks to fall along and just west of the Interstate 95 corridor, where northwesterly winds on the left side of the system will bring in cold air and support mainly snow.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2018
• The day's conditions included strong northwesterly winds and low, dirty water with very little tidal movement.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• That eliminates the inversion lid, or there sometimes is weak offshore flow replacing the northwesterly onshore winds.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
• West-to-northwesterly winds initially fanned ashfall north of Barbados, but Saturday the breeze changed direction.
  — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2021
• Light to moderate west-northwesterly breezes are possible.
  — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021
• At lower levels of the atmosphere off the California coast, prevailing winds are northwesterly, creating vertical wind shear that rips hurricanes apart.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2019
• Sharp northwesterly flow will favor Colorado’s northern mountains, where several inches of snow could fall starting Saturday and potentially lasting through Monday.
  — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024