How to Use northeastward in a Sentence

northeastward

1 of 2 adverb or adjective
  • The system is forecast to turn northeastward and merge with a strong cold front by the middle part of this week.
    — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 2022-11-06
  • More outages were feared overnight as the storm moves northeastward across the Deep South.
    — CBS News, 2020-10-29
  • The remnants of that system were expected to drift northeastward over the next few days.
    — Leigh Morgan, al.com, 2019-06-05
  • Outages were mounting quickly as the storm moved northeastward across the Deep South.
    — Kevin McGill, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2020-10-29
  • This system will continue to the north-northeast for the next day or two before turning more northeastward into the weekend.
    — Star Tribune, 2021-06-18
  • In spots, the line of late afternoon lightning storms that swept northeastward across the region came in the company of turbulent winds.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2023-07-01
  • The storm will then move northeastward and enter the Canadian maritime by Wednesday.
    — Adam Klotz, Fox News, 2021-06-21
  • The disturbance was over the south-central Gulf on Tuesday and was forecast to slowly track northeastward over the next few days.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 2021-09-07
  • Even so, a huge amount of atmospheric moisture continued to move northeastward toward Texas.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 2015-10-27
  • Meanwhile, the next incremental reach is underway and there's talk of service northeastward (very ambitious).
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 2019-07-28
  • The jet stream will remain in a southwest to northeast configuration and allow a storm from the south to ride northeastward as the cold air locks in, Accuweather said.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 2022-01-03
  • The thunderstorms continued to organize and moved northeastward across the Rocky Mountains.
    — Russ Schumacher, The Conversation, 2020-06-15
  • The weather service says the difference in Monday’s forecast is that systems lining up along the coast won’t be jammed up in one location and should be able to move more freely northeastward during the day.
    — oregonlive, 2023-02-27
  • Thunderstorms and showers pop up Saturday through the day, easing up overnight as the front moves northeastward out of the area, leaving a nicer day behind for the Fourth -- just in time for fireworks.
    — Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN, 2021-07-03
  • The disturbance is forecast to move generally northeastward, merging with a frontal system over the western Atlantic by Tuesday night.
    — National Hurricane Center, NOLA.com, 2017-10-16
  • By tonight, the low is expected to move northeastward over the Atlantic, where some further organization could occur before the system encounters cooler waters in a day or so.
    — Brett Clarkson, sun-sentinel.com, 2019-08-18
  • However, by Thursday night or Friday, as the system moves northeastward over cooler waters, its development will be limited, per the weather agency.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 2022-12-06
  • As of Monday afternoon, the major weather models are buying into the storm intensifying to tropical storm strength within the next 0-24 hour time period before the storm drifts northeastward and dissipates near colder waters near Newfoundland.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 2021-06-14

northeastward

2 of 2 noun
  • Portland will start the day with showers streaming northeastward just ahead of a new front pushing into the area.
    — oregonlive, 6 May 2022
  • By early next week, Jerry is likely to turn more northeastward and eastward, forecasters said.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The system is expected to continue to track northeastward and clear out of the area possibly by late Sunday.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 17 Oct. 2019
  • However, the weather prediction models and forecasters were in consensus that the storm would make a northeastward turn and head out to sea.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • In the Tennessee Valley northeastward of the Great Lakes there will likely be one to over three inches of heavy rain.
    — Time, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Fernand is moving east near 12 mph and is expected to continue on an east-northeastward path and accelerate over the next couple of days.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The remnants of post-tropical typhoon Merbok are tracking northeastward through the Bering Strait.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Its path is expected to curve northeastward through the evening, and then into the Tennessee Valley on Tuesday.
    — New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The storm is moving toward the north-northeast near 7 mph and is expected to pick up speed and move more north-northeastward later today and make a turn to the northwest on Sunday.
    — Roger Simmons, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 May 2018
  • Fernand will track north-northeastward to the east of Bermuda with modest strengthening expected, limited by some vertical shear.
    — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Wetter across the north and heavier rainfall in the Mid-Mississippi Valley northeastward.
    — Jim Foerster, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • In this case, city lights in the path of Michael blink out, from the Florida Panhandle northeastward into east-central Georgia.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2018
  • Satellite imagery late Monday evening showed the center of a large storm system continuing northeastward across the upper Great Lakes.
    — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2017
  • The best snow potential would likely be from lake effect snow on the Great Lakes and along the Appalachians, from the Carolinas northeastward.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021
  • One of the factors that will influence Arthur's development is the temperature of the Atlantic waters the storm passes over on its march northeastward.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2014
  • Although the storm is moving northwestward at just under 5 mph, it's expected to turn northward before accelerating northeastward early next week.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Ida, which has since been downgraded to a tropical depression, was last reported over northern Mississippi, moving northeastward.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Erin is currently moving northeastward at 22 mph, with a turn toward the east-northeast expected later on Friday, August 22.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Snowfall rates of one-half inch to one inch per hour will be possible, especially under the heaviest precipitation from near Windsor northeastward to Briggsdale.
    — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2017
  • Forecasters said Melissa is moving toward the north-northeast around 21 mph, and is expected to continue accelerating northeastward during the next couple of days.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Tornadoes will also be possible on Tuesday from eastern Virginia northeastward into southern New England.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The storm tracking northeastward from the Gulf of Mexico is projected to take a favorable track for snow in the area, passing to our south over eastern North Carolina, but close enough to spread precipitation.
    — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2021
  • After churning northeastward into the Atlantic, the hurricane made another landfall in South Carolina before pushing into the mid-Atlantic states.
    — Stephen Smith, ajc, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Alberto is expected to continue chugging in a north-northeastward direction Saturday, followed by a slower north-northwestward motion on Sunday and Monday.
    — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 26 May 2018
  • The tornado continued northeastward into Tallapoosa County, where EF-1-caliber damage was observed.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 16 Jan. 2023
  • After progressing northeastward, snow is expected to impact Chicago early Thursday, according to AccuWeather.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Amphan is likely to continue to move north-northeastward and weaken further into a depression on Thursday, according to the India Meteorological Department.
    — Pratik Parija, Bloomberg.com, 20 May 2020
  • For the past few days, the GFS has insisted on a near-record snowstorm for Washington, DC, and other parts of the Mid-Atlantic, with a veritable bomb cyclone tracking north-northeastward close to the coast.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • What To Know South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a brief statement that the launches had been detected in a northeastward direction from North Korea's southern North Hwanghae Province, Yonhap reported.
    — Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

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