westerly

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The polar vortex - a ring of strong westerly winds that form above the Arctic every winter containing a pool of very cold air - led to the powerful storm, according to weather experts.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Studies are mixed: some report changes in westerly disturbances, while others find no significant shift.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

During strong westerly winds, especially in years with a wet spring and hot, dry fall, swarms of thousands—sometimes hundreds of thousands—roll freely over the prairie landscape, halting only where housing developments stand in their way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Strengthening westerly winds are already pushing the deep water closer to the surface.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

On past the dim glimpse of land he sailed, tacking more westerly now, in a faint dank drizzle that over land might be a light snow.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin