westerly
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By Thursday the winds will turn more westerly or north-westerly, bringing a fresher air mass and a cooler feel to the weather.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The fire in France's southwest Gironde region started with northerly winds, then westerly, then southerly, then easterly, then back again to the south, then the west...
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
He said: "The wind has picked up considerably and turned to a more westerly direction driving the fire eastwards."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Instead of the usual easterly winds that blow from east to west, westerly winds develop.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
During the afternoon of the following day, still going westerly and while coming off a rise, I saw ahead what looked to be a village situated in a dell.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
Other research has suggested that these westerlies will strengthen over the next century due to climate change.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2024
“As we had made it clear before, the airship, used for meteorological research, unintentionally drifted into U.S. because of the westerlies and its limited self-steering capability,” Mr. Liu said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
China says strong "westerlies" blew the device "with limited self-steering capability" off its planned course.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2023
“The long-range models are forecasting a strong negative NAO, which usually helps push the westerlies and storm tracks along the East Coast farther south than normal,” said Wes Junker, Capital Weather Gang’s winter weather expert.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
There calms fell on us for a few days, but we drifted south in the right current, and in less than forty days had run into the "westerlies" and were bearing away for the Horn.
From Great Sea Stories by Joseph Lewis French
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