northwesterlies
Winds from diagonal
Northwesterlies are winds blowing from the northwest.
The term appears most often in meteorological contexts describing prevailing wind patterns: The northwesterlies bring cold, dry air down from Canada.
Like other directional wind terms (easterlies, westerlies), it names winds by their origin rather than destination.
Severe sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- frontForward-facing side
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- subpolarNear polar latitudes
arctic · jetstream · high-pressure · low-pressure · forecast · barometer · precipitation · seasonal
Air current outdoors
- gustBrief wind surge
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- blastSudden forceful burst
- currentDirected flow of charge
draft · turbulence · eddy · airstream · fetch · chill · squall · bluster
Wind-propelled water travel
- tackSharp-headed fastener
- headwindWind against travel direction
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- marinerOne who navigates ships
navigation · helm · starboard · port · keel · jib · spinnaker · reefing
gale
Severe sustained wind
subpolar · arctic · jetstream · high-pressure · low-pressure · forecast · barometer · precipitation · seasonal · winter
wind
Air current outdoors
current · draft · turbulence · eddy · airstream · fetch · chill · squall · bluster · buffeting
sailing
Wind-propelled water travel
mariner · navigation · helm · starboard · port · keel · jib · spinnaker · reefing · close-hauled
persistent
Continuing despite difficulty
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- blusteryWildly, coldly windy
- rawIn original state
biting · brisk · steady · unrelenting · fierce · howling · gusting · driving · sustained · prevailing
northwesterliessoutheasterlies
Winds from that direction
southeasters · easterlies · southerlies · northeasterlies · southwesterlies
northwest, northwestern, northwesterner, northwesterly, northwester