: southward direction or part
sail to the southward
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2026
In addition to its intermittent interactions with the jet stream, the vortex sometimes experiences sudden warming events that weaken or stop its flow and also send outbreaks of Arctic air southward.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
When unstable, the polar vortex can cause the jet stream — a band of strong wind that generally travels from west to east and acts as a boundary between cold, polar air and warmer air farther south — to buckle, sending bitterly cold air from the Arctic southward into North America.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
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Adverb or adjective
Where the vortex bends southward, cold air follows.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2026
In addition to its intermittent interactions with the jet stream, the vortex sometimes experiences sudden warming events that weaken or stop its flow and also send outbreaks of Arctic air southward.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
Daily low temperatures are expected to be challenged or broken from the Mid-Atlantic southward through the weekend into early next week.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
When unstable, the polar vortex can cause the jet stream — a band of strong wind that generally travels from west to east and acts as a boundary between cold, polar air and warmer air farther south — to buckle, sending bitterly cold air from the Arctic southward into North America.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Southward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southward. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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