How to Use westerly in a Sentence

westerly

adjective or adverb

• The winds were weak, in turn, because the westerly jet stream was well north of the storm.
  — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2017
• Light winds from the south shift to come from a westerly direction later in the day.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 12 June 2018
• The westerly wind was stronger in the backyard yet there were some out-of-the-way places, like miniature dells.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 25 Apr. 2020
• By Monday, westerly winds will start to break that up, Mehle said.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2020
• As the morning showers clear, a strong westerly wind will follow.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2020
• Not in Birmingham, if the wind happens to blow in a westerly way.
  — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 28 Dec. 2022
• But the westerly wind blows hard through the Carquinez Strait, and the winds of change blew over the town.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2021
• For now, the are remains dry with a westerly breeze that will be gusty at times in the afternoon and early evening.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
• Even with a westerly forecast, terrain and thermals could funnel it due east.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2020
• Millions of them got a brief respite from smoky skies Sunday as westerly winds pushed smoke toward the east.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2020
• The westerly, onshore winds then disperse the fog inland through the valleys.
  — Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 3 May 2026
• All of these events are touched by jet streams, strong and narrow bands of westerly winds blowing above the Earth's surface.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
• Humidity levels will be low with a slight westerly wind throughout the day.
  — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 24 June 2026
• Clear skies are expected on Monday night, with light westerly winds and a low around 47.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2021
• Temperatures will warm up nicely on the strength of a westerly wind at 5-15 mph.
  — Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2022
• Instead of westerly winds, warm air coming from Kazakhstan moved in on Moscow.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2019
• The storm was moving in a westerly direction, threatening other parts of the Phoenix metro area as well.
  — Brieanna J Frank, azcentral, 9 July 2018
• Sunday will also be a breezy day with westerly winds gusting close to 30mph at times during the afternoon!
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
• The team set up the computer to slowly print out a graph of how one or two variables—say, the latitude of the strongest westerly winds—changed over time.
  — Joshua Sokol, WIRED, 26 May 2019
• Our trip to Langara this summer was marked by 25-mile-an-hour westerly winds, adding a rock-’n’-roll beat to the rhythm of our fishing boat.
  — Melanie Kirkpatrick, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
• In the Southwest, that means a swing from our normal, relatively dry, westerly winds to more moisture-laden winds from the south.
  — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 14 June 2018
• The storm system has all the hallmarks of a cut-off low — a low-pressure system that has become disconnected from the main westerly flow of air.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2019
• Also around the same time, south-southwest breezes pick up — with a gust near 25 mph possible as winds shift to a westerly direction.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
• Having all rounds of this year’s tournament in the Pacific time zone is a rare luxury for westerly teams.
  — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
• Some of the shear came from strong westerly winds in mid levels as a disturbance in the jet stream (shortwave trough) moved out of the Great Lakes.
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2021
• However, by early next week, there will be a little change in the weather pattern, with westerly winds bringing some relief from the worst of the smoke.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
• Diurnal wind patterns will persist, with westerly/upcanyon flow.
  — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• Views reach toward the tiny islet of Preveto, with the more westerly shape of Marettimo faint on the horizon.
  — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
• One of the last to ripen in the entire appellation, this vineyard is surrounded by thick woods that protect it from the warm and humid westerly winds.
  — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 3 May 2026
• Our splendid ramble traces the southern edge of Ennerdale Water, the park’s most westerly lake—and one of its most remote.
  — National Geographic, 12 June 2019