southerly
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North-westerly winds over the weekend meant it felt rather cool in many areas, but with southerly winds on Monday comes milder conditions to most parts.
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
Southern California is expected to face southerly swells from a distant hurricane — Hurricane Rachel — starting Wednesday and peaking Thursday and Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
With unusually hot air across France and Spain - where temperatures have widely been in excess of 30C - the southerly wind will bring some of this warmth to the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
A biting southerly gale intensified the cold at the same time that the blubber supply ran alarmingly low.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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