westerly

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Early indications are that milder westerly winds from the Atlantic will return during the third week of the month - delivering more wind and rain.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Strong and gusty south westerly winds are also expected throughout Sunday, worsening conditions.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

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

Hawk Mountain is a picturesque mountaintop in southeastern Pennsylvania, where the easternmost ridges of the Appalachians form a last barrier to the westerly winds before dropping away toward the coastal plain.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson