southwesterlies
Winds from below-left
Southwesterlies are winds blowing from the southwest.
The term appears most often in meteorological contexts, particularly for the prevailing winds of temperate latitudes: The southwesterlies bring mild, wet weather to the British Isles.
Plural of southwesterly.
Brief wind surge
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
bluster · blow · chinook · mistral · sirocco · zephyr · blustery · windswept
Severe sustained wind
- frontsDeceptive outward appearances
- airmassAtmospheric volume, uniform temperature
- isobarsEqual-pressure contour lines
- pressureForce upon contact
cyclones · anticyclones · jetstream · convergence · barometer · anemometer · synoptic · temperate
gust
Brief wind surge
tempest · bluster · blow · chinook · mistral · sirocco · zephyr · blustery · windswept · howling
gale
Severe sustained wind
- frontsDeceptive outward appearances
- airmassAtmospheric volume, uniform temperature
- isobarsEqual-pressure contour lines
pressure · cyclones · anticyclones · jetstream · convergence · barometer · anemometer · synoptic · temperate · latitude
tacking
Angled sailing maneuver
starboard · port · yacht · regatta · keel · skipper · crew · sailboat · catamaran · trimaran
voyage
Journey by sea
- marinerOne who navigates ships
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- lighthouseCoastal beacon tower
sextant · compass · bearing · pilotage · seafarer · coastal · passage · headwind · tailwind
southwesterliesnortheasterlies
Winds from one quadrant
northeasters · northerlies · easterlies · northwesterlies · southeasters
south, west, western, southern, southwest, westward, southward, southerly, westerly