How to Use northwesterly in a Sentence
northwesterly
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The one downside, there will be a gusty northwesterly breeze throughout the day.
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Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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By evening, skies will remain clear, and there will be a gentle northwesterly breeze.
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Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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At the foot of the rocks, far below, prevailing northwesterly winds known as the Mistral whip the sea into a frenzy.
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Helen Iatrou,
Travel + Leisure,
24 June 2026
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Winds will turn northwesterly, heralding another chilly weekend.
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Newsroom Meteorologist,
Houston Chronicle,
29 Jan. 2026
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Then Van Kirk put the three planes on a 345-degree northwesterly heading for Hiroshima.
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David Perlmutt,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Aug. 2025
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In Esmeralda County, northwesterly winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 May 2026
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The San Andreas fault is a fracture in the Earth that runs 800 miles northwesterly from the Salton Sea in the south up through San Francisco in the north.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
18 June 2026
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Gusty northwesterly winds quickly pushed the clouds toward the coast, according to Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brad Nitz on Sunday.
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Joe Kovac,
AJC.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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