norther
Cold wind southward
A norther is a cold wind or storm blowing from the north, especially the strong, sudden cold fronts that sweep across Texas and the Gulf of Mexico in winter.
The term is regional, most common in the American South and Southwest: A blue norther dropped the temperature forty degrees in an hour.
Severe sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- gustBrief wind surge
blast · howling · sweeping · front · cold snap · blow · pressure drop · wind shift
Cold sensation or relaxation
- frostThin ice coating
- freezingExtremely cold
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
polar · blustery · brisk · nippy · bitter · raw · biting · piercing
Northeastern coastal storm system
- mistralCold Provençal northwester
- boraCold Adriatic gale
- tramontaneWind from beyond mountains
- cold snapBrief period of bitter chill
gale
Severe sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
gust · blast · howling · sweeping · front · cold snap · blow · pressure drop · wind shift · northeaster
chill
Cold sensation or relaxation
arctic · polar · blustery · brisk · nippy · bitter · raw · biting · piercing · icy
nor'easter
Northeastern coastal storm system
- mistralCold Provençal northwester
- boraCold Adriatic gale
- tramontaneWind from beyond mountains
northersouther
Wind from below the equator's direction
warm front · sirocco · chinook · Santa Ana wind · harmattan
northerheat wave
Extended extreme warmth
balmy breeze · warm spell · hot wind · thermal · warming trend
- North PoleEarth's northern axis point
- up northToward higher latitudes
- North KoreaIsolated East Asian state
- north windAir moving from polar regions
- North AmericaWestern Hemisphere's northern continent
- North MacedoniaSoutheastern European nation
north, northern, northerly, northward, northeastern, northwards, northwestern, northing, northernmost