northeasterly
adverb or adjective
north·east·er·ly
nȯrth-ˈē-stər-lē 
1
: from the northeast
2
: toward the northeast
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Instead, the region has been seeing the exact opposite this week—high-pressure weather patterns bringing weak, northeasterly winds.
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Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
Winds will be light and variable but turning more northerly or northeasterly with time.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 6 July 2022
The current weather pattern that has largely persisted through the fall favors offshore, generally northeasterly Santa Ana-like flow in Southern California — that is, winds that move from inland deserts toward the ocean.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
The combination of an area of low pressure off the coast of Cape Cod and a high pressure system over coastal Maine will cause a northeasterly flow off the Atlantic that will result in mostly cloudy skies on Tuesday.
—courant.com, 4 Oct. 2021
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Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
Winds will be light and variable but turning more northerly or northeasterly with time.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 6 July 2022
The current weather pattern that has largely persisted through the fall favors offshore, generally northeasterly Santa Ana-like flow in Southern California — that is, winds that move from inland deserts toward the ocean.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
The combination of an area of low pressure off the coast of Cape Cod and a high pressure system over coastal Maine will cause a northeasterly flow off the Atlantic that will result in mostly cloudy skies on Tuesday.
—courant.com, 4 Oct. 2021
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northeasterly
adverb or adjective
north·east·er·ly
nȯr-ˈthē-stər-lē
1
: from the northeast
2
: toward the northeast
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