How To Use Easterly In A Sentence

Current conditions out of the airport, the very last hour, reporting north-northeasterly winds at 40 miles an hour with gusts to 73 miles an hour. CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Singapore Airlines 747 Crashes in Taiwan; No Fatalities Reported - October 31, 2000
There was indeed a ship headed in the direction of Dolphin which was still on her southeasterly tack while Indefatigable was now headed northwest.
With a very strong easterly wind continuing to blow across the province fishing operations were very much restricted.
They were heading in a south-easterly direction from New Orleans, Louisiana, following the Mississippi river towards the Gulf of Mexico.
I've come to the most easterly point in North America in the hope of having an up close and personal experience with whales. Margie Goldsmith: A Close Encounter with New Foundland's Humpbacks

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They found ‘high’ sulphur levels in some tree species from 20 to 40 miles in a north-easterly direction from Sudbury.
The Borneons, from being so harassed by these pirates, call the easterly wind 'the pirate wind.' The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy
These studies also show that birds using easterly coastal flyways in the fall return by more westerly central routes in spring.
Just before the 19.30 sets off in a north-easterly direction from King's Cross, she'll be standing on the door trying to keep order.
The walks depart in a south-easterly direction to Mount Leinster, which, if the weather continues to remain fine will offer wonderful views of the Galtees, Slievenamon and the Wicklow Mountains.
They dug a channel about 100 metres long to take it around the north-easterly side of Cannon Hill.
As we left Girvan, with the sun shining, the wind blowing in its usual and helpful easterly direction, we climbed away from the town on a good open track which, despite the steep gradient, added to a sense of keen anticipation.
The fault discovered by the team begins near the Swiss Jura mountains south of Basel and extends nearly five miles northeasterly through the Rhine graben, a valley near the city's southern edge.
Last week, your mild mannered reporter was walking through Knightsbridge, and he glanced in an easterly direction.
Monday's strong wind gave the fleet a good race as boats tacked off from the start to find the best wind in the main north-westerly, or to pick up the north-easterly air stream down Troutbeck.
A "jugo" is a southeasterly wind on the Adriatic, but Zastava realized that "Jugo" might be pronounced jug-o in America, and it means "juice" in Spanish, so the J was changed to a Y. The Little Car That Couldn't
NorthLink blamed the exceptionally low tides and easterly gales, which left an insufficient depth of water at Aberdeen for vessels.
As the north-easterly gradually takes control of the Northern Gulf, as is usual at this time of the year, it nevertheless features relatively light, shifting winds, interspersed with at times ferocious, front-line squalls.
The weather might change if the winds turn easterly or southerly.
As we arrived at the river, the cold easterly gale had veered to a light westerly breeze with a touch of warmth in it, perfect for river trouting.
This type of storm is called a nor'easter because it brings strong northeasterly winds. Times, Sunday Times
It was looking like a very light easterly so we planned to fly out from a field behind Mt Caburn and on to Beachy Head and Eastbourne before turning inland and back to the field.
To the north are the Northamptonshire uplands, the most north-easterly extension of the broad band of limestone that runs diagonally across England and is best exposed as the Cotswold hills.
A good example is the Bora wind which is a cold north-easterly wind which blows in winter down the east coast of the Adriatic from the Balkan mountains.
Saying so assumes that there will be more north-easterly winds.
Prof. Easterly's subtle intimation that we must master the debate before we can master our destiny is an important lesson to be learned from the Columbia experience. Alemayehu G. Mariam: Lessons From Columbia U.
The week past saw very little angling pressure on all trout waters within the region, the low temperatures brought about by the cold north-easterly winds keeping anglers indoors.
Her birth country lay not far inland, though sheltered from northerly winds and easterly waters -- the Kazan, Cauldron, huge astrobleme on the continent Rodna, a bowl filled with woods, farmlands, rivers, at its middle Lake Stoyan and the capital Zorkagrad. A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
Cool and cloudy with an easterly breeze. Times, Sunday Times
Wind conditions, the year leading wind direction, prevailing southeasterly winds in summer, winter prevailing northwest wind.
The weather had turned much colder with a nasty North Easterly wind chilling all the lakes.
The unseasonably early winter storm, known as a "nor'easter" due to its north-easterly movement, was being called "Snowtober" and affected up to 60 million people. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Just before the 19.30 sets off in a north-easterly direction from King's Cross, she'll be standing on the door trying to keep order.
Cool in an easterly breeze. Times, Sunday Times
the winds are easterly
The south end of the range experiences the southwesterly monsoon from the ocean and the north end dry northeasterly harmattan winds from the desert. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire
A freshening north-easterly brought three new world records and a stunning British win on the second day of heats here yesterday.
Freezing easterly gales, with wind speeds up to sixty miles per hour registered at Harry's weather station, continue to dominate the beginning of spring.
To the north are the Northamptonshire uplands, the most north-easterly extension of the broad band of limestone that runs diagonally across England and is best exposed as the Cotswold hills.
The river straightened out here into its general easterly course, and we squared away before the wind, wing-and-wing once more, the foresail bellying out to starboard. Charley's Coup
The current had a northeasterly set.
The NTSB was able to track the route on three previous flights piloted by Smith and each one took a southeasterly route through a wide valley between mountains. NTSB: Ted Stevens' plane crash remains a mystery
The Lifeboat arrived on scene in moderate conditions in a South Easterly 4 to 5, to find the Yacht hard aground on a mudbank at the entrance to the Camplie River.
There'll be a significant wind-chill factor, with icy easterly winds and air temperatures probably remaining close to zero. Times, Sunday Times
They found ‘high’ sulphur levels in some tree species from 20 to 40 miles in a north-easterly direction from Sudbury.
BRITAIN is set for this winter's first widespread snow today as strong easterly winds send temperatures tumbling. The Sun
There was a fresh east, south-easterly wind which took me towards land.
We drove off in an easterly direction .
It was a hot, cloudless and humid day, 27 degrees centigrade, with a light south-easterly wind.
Those tall red cliffs are hammered in the winter months by prevailing north-easterly winds that generate heavy seas.
The dry season, caused by the Humboldt current, is characterized by cool temperatures (17°C-22°C), a fairly persistent fog (garua) that envelopes the highlands of the larger islands in mist and drizzle, together with southeasterly winds. Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador
A light south-easterly was forecast for the Sunday's Royal Windermere Yacht Club Flying Fifteen race in the Spring Series.
The upper reaches of the Thames froze and easterly winds brought blizzards and snow drifts 20ft deep. Times, Sunday Times
The under-16-year-olds Optimist sailors (many as young as nine) were fearless - not only of the north-easterly, but the awesome speed of the multihulls zooming in and out of their fleet of tiny craft.
There was a fresh east, south-easterly wind which took me towards land.
Last night when we got here, winds were north-northeasterly. CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2009
Within Plymouth Sound, the breakwater guarantees diving in all conditions apart from strong south and south-easterly winds.
The fire began at about 3pm on Thursday and gradually spread in south-easterly winds.
They were heading in a south-easterly direction from New Orleans, Louisiana, following the Mississippi river towards the Gulf of Mexico.
It was blowing from an easterly direction.
Not many miles away another little ship was slipping through the water, fitfully tacking against the contrary wind, seeking an easterly path.
Most of the caribou fanned out in an easterly direction, but two individuals moved south.
Wave action and easterly winds will pull this colder water to the surface off the coast of Peru and Ecuador and as the easterly trade winds strengthen the effect becomes stronger.
On occasion, severe frosts, biting easterly winds and snowfall can result in winter casualties.
Monday's strong wind gave the fleet a good race as boats tacked off from the start to find the best wind in the main north-westerly, or to pick up the north-easterly air stream down Troutbeck.
The Capricorn Corsair drove through the smooth harbour water before the steady easterly that flowed seaward on summer nights.
They dug a channel about 100 metres long to take it around the north-easterly side of Cannon Hill.
Last night was a light easterly - might have checked the ebb a fraction, but not enough to matter.
The high pressure also swept in easterly winds that made the east coast wetter and brought some chilly weather. Times, Sunday Times
Among these typhoons, Lynn in 1987 appeared to interact with the northeasterly monsoon most significantly.
Monday's strong wind gave the fleet a good race as boats tacked off from the start to find the best wind in the main north-westerly, or to pick up the north-easterly air stream down Troutbeck.
We re-saddled our horses, and searched those nearest, that is to say easterly; but no water was found, nor any place that could hold it for an hour after it fell from the sky. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,
The wind had turned easterly, blowing straight off the Swedish coast. IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia
Because of its closeness to the International Date Line this is the most easterly city in the world and is the first on which the sun rises.
The winds will be a light south-westerly turning light south-easterly in the afternoon, which all bodes well for a good day's surfing.
The unseasonably early winter storm, known as a "nor'easter" due to its north-easterly movement, was being called "Snowtober" and affected up to 60 million people. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The barrier was closed by the authorities around noon on Monday after strong south-easterly winds and a high tide led to safety fears.
This goes in a south-easterly direction and was used for horse racing in the 19th century.
A light south-easterly was forecast for the Sunday's Royal Windermere Yacht Club Flying Fifteen race in the Spring Series.
This island, the most easterly of the Caribbean, has a remarkable history stretching back, on the one hand, to the Amero-Indians of 4,000BC and on the other to the apex of British imperialism. Colonial riches in Barbados
The wind reverses during this ‘dry’ phase, becoming a north-easterly.
Her motion was violent and, to the uninitiated, quite unpredictable, and she was hardly more weatherly than a raft, sagging off to leeward in a spineless fashion that boded ill for any prospect of working up to Plymouth while any easterly component prevailed in the wind. Hornblower And The Crisis
These easterly areas cater predominantly for caravans, camping and chalets, offering the tourist many facilities and entertainment.
It looks as though easterly winds will be in charge for some time to come. Times, Sunday Times
With easterly winds often travelling across the industrial areas of Europe, the visibility can be quite poor.
A good example is the Bora wind which is a cold north-easterly wind which blows in winter down the east coast of the Adriatic from the Balkan mountains.
We are benefiting from a nice south-easterly wind blowing in from over the warm continent.
It is believed that they have picked up metals blown off the bombing range by the strong easterly winds that regularly blow across the island.
At this margin, the southeasterly storm winds had a ‘shaving’ effect on the outer platform, removing significant amounts of sediments and redepositing them on the upper and middle slope.
Great West Wind Drift, setting squarely into the teeth of the easterly gale, kicked up a tideway sea that was monstrous. CHAPTER XL
Winnepeseogee and the Pemigewasset Rivers, and then it turns and runs twenty-five or thirty miles in a northeasterly direction to its mouth; and this deflexion in the current caused the dispute. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884
As we arrived at the river, the cold easterly gale had veered to a light westerly breeze with a touch of warmth in it, perfect for river trouting.
It was James Cook who gave Cape Byron - the most easterly tip of Australia - its name, in 1770.
Once the kayakers had rounded the peninsular, they were protected from the seasonal north easterly.
With the aircraft at a height of about 320 ft on a south-easterly heading in fine weather, workers on the drilling rig heard a loud bang.
Experts said they had been washed ashore by exceptionally strong north-easterly winds which had churned up the seabed off north Norfolk.
It's open to the south but protected from westerly and easterly winds so it's generally quite calm. Times, Sunday Times
And winds are north-northeasterly as the flow you'd expect across the Carolinas in through Georgia and northern Florida. CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2007
Southerly flow into the monsoon is a continuation of the south-easterly trades of the southern hemisphere, except that they are deflected to the right by the Coriolis force in the northern hemisphere to become south-westerlies.
It was blowing a light easterly today so I headed back to the Ditchling field.
A near cloudless sky and a light north-easterly breeze made it feel more like a day in early June than in October.
Those high-pressure systems brought sunny, dry conditions and cold easterly winds. Times, Sunday Times
The lineations show shallow easterly plunges in the north becoming steeper in the south of the Welverdiend shear zone.
A very large, broad, easterly wave is located just south of the Cape Verde islands, with a disorganized low-mid-level circulation at about 12N 25W (easy to spot from the 07: 25Z WindSat and 10: 55Z ASCAT microwave scatterometer overpasses). NYT > Home Page
They set off in a northeasterly direction.
Coast starts from the famous landmark of John O'Groats - the most north-easterly point of the British mainland.
The barrier was closed by the authorities around noon on Monday after strong south-easterly winds and a high tide led to safety fears.
At all times, a west wind is best, though an easterly can be useful if it's not too fresh.
Even with a force six easterly bearing in from the North Sea yesterday, Crail still appeared like the cosy little corner of the East Neuk of Fife it undoubtedly is.
southeasterly breezes
Met Éireann issued a flood warning and advised of heavy rainfall and strong easterly winds.
The crews set off in a moderate south easterly breeze and coast in the Kalbarri region is set for a fine weekend.
The island of Puerto Rico (formerly Porto Rico) is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain.
The alternative scenario is that much colder weather with winds mainly from an easterly or northeasterly quarter, will prevail well into February, bringing widespread frosts and snow to some areas. Why Britain's garden birds are staying in the country
The birds, about the same size as a starling and brown with a distinctive head crest, normally travel south for food in winter, but only come to Britain when there are strong north to north-easterly winds.
The winds are expected to die down today and tomorrow to 10 to 20 mph, becoming more easterly than the northeasterlies yesterday and Monday. Starbulletin Headlines
The winds will be a light south-westerly turning light south-easterly in the afternoon, which all bodes well for a good day's surfing.
A freshening north-easterly brought three new world records and a stunning British win on the second day of heats here yesterday.
These easterly rains, when they do come, which is not often, come wi 'might enough to squail a man into his grave.' The Hand of Ethelberta
Wednesday last was July ‘Fair Day’ in Swinford and the weather was ideal for the occasion with a light north-easterly breeze.
They kept on a north-northeasterly course for two days, when they were overtaken by a calm which lasted for nearly a week. Tarzan of the Apes
Eventually I reached the Royal Mile, expecting to continue ahead and make an easterly turn beyond Waverley Station.
It lives to the right-hand side of the arch as you come from a south-easterly direction.
It lives to the right-hand side of the arch as you come from a south-easterly direction.
the winds blew easterly all night
If you hear a tantrum of unearthly proportions coming from a vaguely northeasterly direction tomorrow afternoonish, sorry for the noise. A symphony of icepicks « The Life and Times of Organic Mama
They're scorched a little on the north-easterly side, leaving the rest green still and, in some cases still growing.
The Subtropical Westerly Jet is found to the south of the central Asian mountain massifs, in contrast to the boreal summer when the Tropical Easterly Jet occupies the upper troposphere to the south of the Himalayas.
With strong easterly winds, peat fires have wreaked havoc on Moscow this summer, prodding officials to revive an unfulfilled plan drafted after the 2002 fires to reflood the peat mines. Russia Tussles Over How to Halt Fires
Bowles gave the order to bring the Indy on a northeasterly larboard tack.
In intricate black-and-white the map revealed Britain's south-easterly corner as a mesh of bridleways, brooks and field boundaries. Map of a Nation by Rachel Hewitt – review
I also must know the wind direction because this time of year, the barnyard has an extra pungent, wettish aroma that wafts over to the house with an easterly breeze. Archive 2009-03-01
-- Calm night; sky overcast with hazy cumulostratus clouds; an easterly breeze sprung up towards morning, making the air much colder. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia
Most diving takes place on the north side due to the prevailing south-easterly winds, and most of the sites are within easy reach.
We also had to deal with terrifically dry easterly winds, so building windbreaks and planting hedges were a top priority.
It is now moving northeasterly rather than north-northeasterly. CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2005
The persistent heavy rain and south-easterly winds made thing very unpleasant for everyone, especially the first part of the day.
So they sailed round the Cape, calling the southeasterly extremity "Point Cave," till they came to an island which they named Martha's Vineyard (now called No Man's Land), and another on which they dwelt awhile, which they named Elizabeth's Island, in honor of the queen, one of the group since so called, now known by its Indian name Cuttyhunk. Cape Cod
Next day the weather worsened and an easterly gale finished the job.
With the aircraft at a height of about 320 ft on a south-easterly heading in fine weather, workers on the drilling rig heard a loud bang.
The reader should be aware that the Mekong flows generally in an easterly direction across Viet Nam from Cambodia and ultimately empties into the South China Sea.
In order to stop the fire's rapid spread, which was being fanned by strong easterly winds, King Charles II ordered that all houses in the fire's path be blown up or pulled down.
The current flows in a south-easterly direction.
There was a fresh easterly breeze blowing when the double canoe -- or raft, as they agreed to term her -- cast off from alongside the _Mohawk_, and under its influence the craft, with one leeboard down, slid across the Javari at a speed that was as surprising as it was gratifying. In Search of El Dorado
These generally move in a south-easterly direction, and each one typically has a life span of several days.
Most diving takes place on the north side due to the prevailing south-easterly winds, and most of the sites are within easy reach.
Strong south-easterly winds had created huge swells, but having travelled a long way to explore these gardens, we would not be defeated.
This is the most easterly of the 26,000 ft-plus Himalayan range, and until 1852 was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world.
Wednesday last was July ‘Fair Day’ in Swinford and the weather was ideal for the occasion with a light north-easterly breeze.
It turned north for some distance, then curved right around to flow back south, before finally returning to its usual easterly course towards the Great River.
A force 3 north-easterly increased steadily throughout the evening to a force 4 and last year's league champion John Pawson took a commanding lead to win the first race.
Experts said they had been washed ashore by exceptionally strong north-easterly winds which had churned up the seabed off north Norfolk.
I don't care if rain is patchy or scattered or intermittent or coming in from an easterly direction.
That's what I done, and if you'll search them records you'll find the word 'easterly' standin 'cool and ca'm in every place where it ought to be .... Scattergood Baines
He claimed today's storm, which is caused by a severe depression travelling in a north-easterly direction over the Atlantic, would be the most violent to hit Ireland since the late 1970s.
Prospective purchasers will be impressed by the potential offered by the rear garden which measures 91 feet by 36 feet and has a south-easterly aspect.
It is believed that they have picked up metals blown off the bombing range by the strong easterly winds that regularly blow across the island.
The object continued to move easterly directly along side of the interstate for several miles, so they followed speeding along the highway at 85 mph, as darkness began to fall.
The third division seems to have followed along the bottom of the Gulf of Carpentaria to its most south – easterly bight, and then to have turned off by the first practicable line in An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre
Weather disturbances in the trade winds, known as easterly waves, are another source of cloud development and precipitation in the tropics. Tropical weather and hurricanes
In the early part of the month the Co. Down coast was battered by one of the worst storms for a number of years with easterly winds gusting up to severe storm force 11.
The fire began at about 3pm on Thursday and gradually spread in south-easterly winds.
The yacht's crew said that they were making relatively slow progress north-easterly.
Snow will spread to southeasterly regions tonight.
Although the met office had warned of a mean north easterly topping out at force five, wind never topped a four in the gusts and generally settled into a two to three routine.
There are plenty of boat-diving opportunities that don't involve going too deep, though this can be spoilt by a strong easterly.
Soon Birdie and myself were a mass of acicular crystals; it was a true easterly fog. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
The bombers possessed an invincible ally in the form of stiff southeasterly winds that whipped and whirled burning embers from one neighborhood to another. Whirlwind
This allows more easterly winds to blow into Britain. Times, Sunday Times
It's moving as north-northeasterly at about 18 miles an hour. CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2007
A strong gust of easterly wind scattered the torn remains of the letter with its proud seal, and its commanding impression.
Dust is uplifted by wind, the circulation is most obvious from easterly or northerly directions.
The site is easy to dive in most conditions except when easterly or southerly gales prevail.
Development economist Bill Easterly likens this refrain to Moore's Law, which predicts computing power will double every 18 months.
These generally move in a south-easterly direction, and each one typically has a life span of several days.
The wind was quite variable during the course of the day, with a 20 km easterly tailwind at the start, turning southerly and reducing as the day progressed.
The walks depart in a south-easterly direction to Mount Leinster, which, if the weather continues to remain fine will offer wonderful views of the Galtees, Slievenamon and the Wicklow Mountains.
The weather conditions at the time were clear and dry with easterly winds. Times, Sunday Times
That the country did not become known through Verrazzano is evident from the letter, in which it is stated that he ran along the entire coast, from the harbor to which they remained fifteen days, one hundred and fifty leagues easterly, that is from Cape Cod to the The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America
His compass showed he was being carried in a southeasterly direction. INCA GOLD
I crunched my way in a south easterly direction towards the first of two subsidiary tops.
For a few months each year the winds blow easterly, and in those months the ancient Polynesians made eastward voyages of exploration.
Lisa was in good form, looking forward to a weekend away in a caravan in Ballyhalbert, the most easterly village in Ireland.
And in Africa, "The easterly winds that are supposed to bring moisture into East Africa were reduced," says meteorologist Wassila Thiaw, head of the Africa desk at the U.S. National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center. Experts: La Niña, Climate Change Impact East African Drought
Groundwater from that site would flow in a north-easterly direction according to the flow field that I mentioned earlier, and that would pass under the north-west corner during those conditions.
The low easterly sunrays beat upon him, warming his body in the cool morning air.
The scroll is unfurled from the coffin in a northeasterly direction, so that the priest may walk the soul along it in the proper direction. Mystical Art From a 'Lost' World
He progressed slowly along the coast in an easterly direction.
The sea was rough and choppy, and a south-easterly wind, steadily on the increase, made the fishermen's task ever more dangerous.
This new speed limit, perhaps 40 mph, needs to extend about one mile eastward from the roundabout at the easterly end of the present bypass.
The policeman claimed I was riding in an easterly direction. Times, Sunday Times
The easterly breeze had dropped suddenly and the wind was now driving them from the west. The Crossing-Place
It was a hot, cloudless and humid day, 27 degrees centigrade, with a light south-easterly wind.
The summit of Carn an Tuirc lies about a kilometre west of the corrie rim and from there it's a straightforward easterly descent, then reascent to Tolmount.
This easterly wind will sweep across to the UK, although the air will be warmed up somewhat before it reaches our shores. Times, Sunday Times
This view is supported by the frequency of south-easterly winds in the neighbourhood of the Antarctic Circle reported by all explorers, and the hypothesis of a south polar anticyclone or area of high pressure over the Antarctic continent has gained currency in advance of any observations to establish it. Perspective of Antarctica in 1911
With brilliant sunshine, the penultimate race of the season brought a light north easterly so sail pumping was the order of the day.
All the outer states capitulated to the Republic except for the most easterly islands which proclaimed a Republic of the South Moluccas.
This goes in a south-easterly direction and was used for horse racing in the 19th century.
Those tall red cliffs are hammered in the winter months by prevailing north-easterly winds that generate heavy seas.

How To Use Easterly In A Sentence

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