northerly

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As the rain moves south, winds will turn northerly later, causing temperatures to drop.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The cold northerly winds also resulted in frequent snow showers across northern and eastern Scotland and north east England where up to 25cm of accumulated snow gave some disruption.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

But, with a strong northerly wind it will feel cold despite temperatures of 1 to 7C.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

Forecasters said on Thursday showers would turn increasingly to snow, with locally gale force northerly winds setting in.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

Klava Fomicheva and her navigator, Galya Dzhunkovskaya, both of them long since recovered after parachuting from their burning plane that summer, flew one of these cold and dark missions over northerly Riga.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein