How to Use westerly in a Sentence

westerly

adjective or adverb
Definition of westerlynext
Synonyms for westerlynext
  • 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
  • The winds were weak, in turn, because the westerly jet stream was well north of the storm.
    — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • The storm’s going to take a westerly turn, and then a northerly turn: Imagine a slight hook to the left, and then a sharp hook up to the north.
    — Jen Kirby, Daily Intelligencer, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Light winds from the south shift to come from a westerly direction later in the day.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 12 June 2018
  • Part of the Southern Alps, the range is the first to receive strong westerly airstreams, resulting in up to 20 feet of rain per year.
    — Jessica Wynne Lockhart, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2020
  • By Monday, westerly winds will start to break that up, Mehle said.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2020
  • Not in Birmingham, if the wind happens to blow in a westerly way.
    — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 28 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Southerly and then westerly winds could gust near 25 mph, helping to dry us out.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Aziz Razoky has lived near the top of the summit for 10 years, with a home that gives him westerly views of downtown San Diego.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • For the return trip on a more westerly route, the birds crossed the Gulf Stream from the Bahamas and stopped along the Florida coast to recuperate.
    — Wendy Mitman Clarke, Smithsonian, 6 Mar. 2017
  • Sustained westerly winds of 20-30 MPH, with higher gusts, will sweep over the risk areas.
    — Dennis Mersereau, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • As the morning showers clear, a strong westerly wind will follow.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2020
  • Light westerly winds between 5 to 7 mph are expected, the NWS said.
    — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The beach’s westerly location on the European coast allows it to catch wind, and thus ocean swells, from storms that sweep across the North Atlantic.
    — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 30 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Anglers need to keep an eye on the weekend weather, though, with rain and big westerly winds in the forecast for Lake Erie’s walleye fishing.
    — cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Strickland said a more westerly route would serve that area and could also connect back to I-49 west-northwest of Bentonville.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Afterward, order a pint at the nearby Palace Saloon, which prides itself as the most westerly bar in the lower 48.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2021
  • 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
  • Moderate westerly winds sinking and heating off the Appalachians may help boost our temperatures into at least the mid-80s to perhaps as hot as around 90.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023

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