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westerly

[wes-ter-lee] / ˈwɛs tər li /


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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

"Previous studies suggested that global climate change would strengthen the westerly winds over the Southern Ocean, and with that, the overturning circulation too," says Léa Olivier.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

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

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

The effluent glacier seems to run on a long curve westerly up to the Gobrin plateau.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin