How to Use southwesterly in a Sentence

southwesterly

adverb or adjective

• The wind will be light in the morning and then southwesterly in the afternoon at around 5 mph.
  — courant.com, 6 Nov. 2021
• However, strong southwesterly vertical wind shear and dry air have caused the low-level center of the storm to become less organized.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• Winds will turn southwesterly overnight, bringing milder air Wednesday through Friday.
  — Gary Lessor, courant.com, 12 Feb. 2018
• With weak southwesterly flow aloft, thunderstorm cells will move slowly toward the northeast.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 31 May 2018
• By Monday, the upper flow pattern will shift more southwesterly, allowing low pressure to develop in the central Plains and move northeast.
  — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• Portland is sitting under a mild southwesterly flow allowing for warm early morning temps that stuck around 50-55 overnight.
  — oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2020
• Sunny skies are coupled with southwesterly (warm direction!) breezes around 10 mph, and mainly sunny skies!
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2017
• Light southwesterly winds could also help keep temperatures steady or rising a degree or two.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2018
• Highs spin clockwise, ushering in southwesterly flow on their departing side.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2019
• Temperatures reach near 50 again today before the real warm-up arrives tomorrow, as southwesterly flow sends 60s our way.
  — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2020
• Winds will likely shift Thursday from southwesterly to a northwesterly direction, lashing a tinder-dry landscape that McHale compared to a month-old Christmas tree being torched.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Aug. 2021
• By Tuesday afternoon, flow over central & southern UT turns more southwesterly, and increased moisture will support better thunderstorm chances.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2021
• Lingering high pressure and a southerly-to-southwesterly flow pattern are typically associated with warmer temperatures here in the South.
  — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• Generally calm winds turn southwesterly before dawn, helping boost temperatures a notch.
  — Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2021
• As intensifying low pressure moves east out of Minnesota into northern Wisconsin during the next 24 hours, winds will become southwesterly and gradually strengthen, gusting over 30 mph Friday night into Saturday.
  — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024