northers
Cold winds southward
Northers are strong cold winds that blow from the north, especially the sudden winter storms that sweep down through Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.
The term is primarily American and regional: A blue norther dropped temperatures forty degrees in an hour.
These storms arrive fast and bring dramatic temperature drops.
Severe sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- cold frontIncoming cooler air mass
howling · blustery · gusty · squally · roaring · fierce · whipping · lashing
Extremely cold
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- chillyModerately cold
frost · chill · bitter · numbing · bone-chilling · wintry · polar · gelid
Geographic arm of territory
- plainsBroad, level grasslands
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- rangeExtent of variation
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
dust · dry · sweeping · dramatic · livestock · ranching · autumn · winter
Sudden bursts of air
- blastsSudden violent bursts
- blowingMoving air forcefully
- northerlyFrom or toward top
- headwindWind against travel direction
sustained · velocity · anemometer · wind chill · prevailing · directional · sweeping · driving rain
gale
Severe sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
cold front · howling · blustery · gusty · squally · roaring · fierce · whipping · lashing · buffeting
freezing
Extremely cold
chilly · frost · chill · bitter · numbing · bone-chilling · wintry · polar · gelid · nippy
panhandle
Geographic arm of territory
prairie · dust · dry · sweeping · dramatic · livestock · ranching · autumn · winter
gusts
Sudden bursts of air
headwind · sustained · velocity · anemometer · wind chill · prevailing · directional · sweeping · driving rain · sleet
northerssirocco
Scorching African wind
chinook · Santa Ana winds · zephyrs · trade winds · warm fronts
- Northern LightsLuminous polar phenomenon
- northern climateCold high-latitude weather patterns
- Northern VirginiaD.C.'s southern suburbs
- Northern IrelandUK territory sharing island
- northern IsraelCountry's top portion
- Northern HemisphereRegion above the equator