Examples of westerly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective or adverb Some westerly breezes help to dry us out, especially midday into the afternoon. — Washington Post, 1 May 2022 Anglers need to keep an eye on the weekend weather, though, with rain and big westerly winds in the forecast for Lake Erie’s walleye fishing. — cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022 Black Earth Creek flows in a north westerly direction from Middleton to Black Earth west of Madison, toward the Wisconsin River, according to the DNR. — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2022 On Friday a large convoy of military vehicles is seen near Sergievka, Russia, approximately 6 miles east of the Ukraine border, and heading in a westerly direction toward Ukraine. — USA Today, 25 Feb. 2022 High temperatures reached 50 degrees in most of the state Thursday, even in the Groton/New London area, once the wind shifted from off Long Island Sound to a westerly direction. — courant.com, 10 Feb. 2022 As global temperatures rise, however, the jet streams—westerly bands of fast winds that circle up to 9 miles above the Earth—are weakening and shifting in mid-latitude regions. — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022 Aziz Razoky has lived near the top of the summit for 10 years, with a home that gives him westerly views of downtown San Diego. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021 In July, winds shift from the usual dry, westerly direction to the south and southeast, which taps into moisture from northern Mexico. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Their modest city saw an influx of evacuees from nearby rural and coastal regions soon after hot westerlies sent walls of flame into a string of towns and villages around New Year's Eve. — NBC News, 11 Jan. 2020 As the land cools in the autumn, north-easterly winds replace the south-westerlies (see map). — The Economist, 27 June 2019 But their move from the southern hemisphere to the northern, and the constraining effect of high pressure over Africa, sees them twisted from south-easterlies to south-westerlies. — The Economist, 27 June 2019 See More

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