southerly
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“These waves, combined with an incoming long-period southerly swell, will cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions,” the National Hurricane Center said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
However, weather fronts tied in with the southerly winds mean that most areas will be cloudy with occasional spells of rain or drizzle.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Leaving Roz on shore, I headed out Shallotte Inlet to the open ocean, where southerly winds of 10-12 knots were chasing up one-foot seas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
On Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles was forecasting elevated surf and strong rip currents at beaches this weekend and into next week as a result of multiple southerly swells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
They bathed in a curve of the Susquehanna and then wandered in a southerly direction, keeping to fields, woods, stream beds, and little-used paths, headed, they thought, for Virginia, where Macon believed they had people.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
The weather is entirely different than it used to be, just look at the lack of southerlies bringing rain this season, he says.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2020
These waters in particular, provide some level of lee to the prevailing southerlies.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2011
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