westerly
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Strengthening westerly winds will help to finally clear the higher humidity that has made recent days and nights uncomfortable at times.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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
How long the heat lasts depend on whether a southerly or westerly wind develops.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Instead of the usual easterly winds that blow from east to west, westerly winds develop.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
The weather that day was perfect—a westerly breeze that smelled of the sea—and she was sky spinning, twisting in the cold air.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Others move the high pressure away to the east and allow the westerlies from the Atlantic to move back in.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
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
“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
The south temperate zone being chiefly water, the westerlies are but little disturbed there by continental effects.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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