How To Use Northwesterly In A Sentence
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On the worst day, Wednesday 12 November, northwesterly gales caused exceptional dust-storms to sweep across three states.
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A patched-together version of I-95 or I-5, Tampa snaked north to Baghdad and through Baghdad Traffic Circle, shot a northwesterly arrow beyond Yarmuk Traffic Circle in Mosul, about 220 miles from Baghdad, and then continued north before running its course in Turkey.
Hope Unseen
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By Thursday, cool northwesterly winds will bring scattered showers to much of the country, with forecasters warning of a more serious downturn by next weekend that will see temperatures fall well below normal.
Indian summer brings out the crowds
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Parcel E. Beginning at the southerly end of Sengekon - tacket pond at point of outlet to Trapps pond: thence northeasterly to the west line of the state highway '; thence by said highway northwesterly to the old entrance to said pond; thence westerly by said old entrance to the pond; thence southeasterly by the pond to the point of beginning.
Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
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The active phase is usually associated with broad areas of cloud and rain, with sustained moderate to fresh northwesterly winds on the north side of the trough.
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They show that the bounding faults of the "graben" cut the Chumstick Formation and that the southwestern bounding fault really is a composed of northwesterly trending reverse faults and younger northerly strike-slip faults, both of which cut northwesterly striking folds in the Chumstick Formation.
EurekAlert! - Breaking News
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In April (2002) the trail was marked with white arrows painted on the rocks all the way to the top, it goes in a northwesterly direction around the mountain, the final ascend is from the west.
Peace and beauty - roaming the hills around Morelia
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Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
The 2004 CIA World Factbook
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It was expected that Emily would turn in a west-northwesterly direction, but she stayed on her original westward course.
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The northwesterly limit of each lake parcel is shown as being the water's edge.
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Climate: metropolitan France: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
France
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This week will stay rather cool and breezy with a northwesterly airflow remaining dominant.
Times, Sunday Times
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The storm is moving north-northwesterly right now.
CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2007
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The southern parts will share the same clear and sunny weather, wind directions will be more northerly tending to a northwesterly flow the further south one goes.
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We headed off in a northwesterly direction.
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In the spring and summer the northern sky would suddenly turn dark brown, or burnt orange, signaling the onslaught of a shamal, a fierce sandstorm that blew in hot northwesterly winds with stinging sand for two or three days at a time.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
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Sandstorms are common in Iraq in the spring, when the northwesterly shamal wind, funneled into the Mesopotamian plateau by the mountains of Turkey, drags through Iraq and Kuwait enormous quantities of sand it picks up in Syria and Lebanon.
Peace Meals
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This sharp curve, for all the world like a monstrous granite hinge connecting the northwesterly and southwesterly limbs of the System, is the gigantic Alaska Range, which is higher and broader than the Sierra Nevada, and of greater relief and extent than the Alps. Near the centre of this range, its climax in position, height, bulk, and majesty, stands Mount McKinley.
The Book of the National Parks
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Here you can see on the radar picture, the eye is in the northeast of the area now, almost kind of parallel here between Spring and the Ames area, is moving north-northwesterly at this hour.
CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2008
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Meanwhile, up north, you'll likely get a lull around midnight, then the wind will swing around and you'll get strong * northwesterly* wind in the pre-dawn hours to chase after this second storm, although not as intense as the southeasterlies.
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Obviously the Concorde was heading in the north-northwesterly direction, as far as we all are aware.
CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Air France Concorde Jet Crashes Near Paris; All 109 Aboard Dead - July 25, 2000
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Geographic note: largest West European nation; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
The 1996 CIA Factbook
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Initially planted in 1986 and farmed organically, then replanted with Syrah in 1994 and farmed under Biodynamic practice ever since, nearly 20,000 vines rise gently along a northwesterly slope.
Teresa Rodriguez Williamson: California's Hidden Organic Wine Region
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The plane took off late owing to poor weather conditions on a direct flight from Tehran to Orumiyeh, 460 miles in a northwesterly direction.
Charlotte Safavi: IranAir Crash
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Geography -- note: largest West European nation; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
The 1999 CIA Factbook
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Its movement is north-northwesterly at 15 miles per hour.
CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005
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'There will be certainly plenty of snow showers pushing into these areas exposed to the northwesterly wind.
Times, Sunday Times
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Further, due to changing environmental flow pattern, the system (Phet) would move slowly in a northwesterly/northerly direction for next 24 hours and cross Oman coast by tomorrow (June 4) morning," they said, adding, "It would then weaken gradually, recurve northeastwards and emerge into north Arabian Sea by June 5 and move towards Pakistan coast.
The Times of India
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Right now, it appears the flow will be northwesterly, meaning inland areas may get the most.
WWMT.com : News
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In the southern hemisphere it is the meeting place of the dry east to southeast winds generated by the subtropical highs, and the moisture-laden northwesterly monsoon winds.
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Francemetropolitan France: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
Climate
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Strong northwesterly winds followed as the low cleared eastward.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is now moving north-northwesterly at about 15 miles an hour, a very distinct eye.
CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005
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The weather cooperated, with plenty of days of northwesterly winds that helped push migrants closer to the ridgetop.
Eagles Soaring: Record Number In Sanctuary Hints At Species Comeback
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Notice the wind coming in out of the north, near Hartford, back over to Newark, more of a north-northwesterly breeze, around 20 to 18 miles an hour -- in Nantucket, 38 to 34 miles an hour.
CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2007
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West winds from 10-15 mph begin turning toward the northwesterly direction and may gust up to 25 mph.
Forecast: 70s today could challenge record
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France: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
The 2001 CIA World Factbook
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northwesterly winds
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You know, we typically think about Santa Ana winds, this time of year, and we think, when we hear about winds in Southern California, well we've got a couple of storms that are piling into the West Coast and they're actually not Santa Ana winds, but just your ordinary Joe north-northwesterly winds.
CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2007
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Also, a deep low over the Tasman Sea is expected to move southeastwards past Fiordland and Southland overnight, forcing a strong northwesterly flow across much of the South Island.
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It's very close to the Haiti coast at this time and moving on a north-northwesterly track.
CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2007
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Strong to gale-force west to northwesterly winds will maintain the cold feel.
Times, Sunday Times
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Still a Category 1 storm, but it is a stronger Category 1 storm and it is heading north-northwesterly right now and will be hitting Cabo San Lucas here in the next few hours.
CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2007
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At least you've got one last chance to shake off your Seasonal Affective Disorder before our 70s and sunshine turns into northwesterly winds tonight as an incoming cold front aims to usher in chillier air.
Forecast: 70s today could challenge record
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France generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
The 2004 CIA World Factbook
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The reduction of wind speed, the Hurricane Hunter aircraft had been in there and haven't seen a great deal of organization, about 400 miles south of Cape Hatteras, it is moving north-northwesterly about eight, nine miles an hour.
CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2009
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Because it faces north, and prevailing swell direction is south, an ocean swell of 10'+ is needed before this spot begins to break, unless the swell is westerly or northwesterly, which is fairly rare.
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