westerly
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The fire in France's southwest Gironde region started with northerly winds, then westerly, then southerly, then easterly, then back again to the south, then the west...
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
A westerly wind will bring an end to heatwave conditions, while southerly winds could signal a return to intense heat.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The wind will be turning from a southerly to more of a westerly bringing about the change to cooler conditions.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Instead of the usual easterly winds that blow from east to west, westerly winds develop.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
The prevailing wind was westerly, as at Efrafa.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Other research has suggested that these westerlies will strengthen over the next century due to climate change.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2024
“As we had made it clear before, the airship, used for meteorological research, unintentionally drifted into U.S. because of the westerlies and its limited self-steering capability,” Mr. Liu said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
"I'd suffered two weeks of storms and it was literally sustained westerlies for 25 knots for two weeks," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2023
“The long-range models are forecasting a strong negative NAO, which usually helps push the westerlies and storm tracks along the East Coast farther south than normal,” said Wes Junker, Capital Weather Gang’s winter weather expert.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
On the other hand, we should have liked to be able to take advantage of the prevailing winds, — the westerlies.
From The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 by Arthur G. Chater
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