Sentence examples for southwesterly from inspiring English sources

"Longer term we're expecting the cyclone to move out over the open waters of the Arafura sea and there's a potential the system may continue to develop and reach category three intensity," said Smith, however a southwesterly turn from Tuesday was expected to cause the storm to weaken before crossing land between Cape Don and Goulburn island as a category one cyclone.

It is situated 50km or so from the coast, with its back to the hills, and on the brunt end of southwesterly winds which, laden with moisture from the warm Gulf Stream, dump their drizzle across the Manchester basin as they are forced up and over the Pennine chain.

Northwesterly winds prevail in autumn and winter, and westerly and southwesterly winds are common in spring and summer.

The sky is cloudy, the winds are southwesterly, sunshine is minimal, and rain falls almost daily, especially during July and August.

After emerging from the reservoir of El Tranco de Beas, it follows a westerly and southwesterly trend for the remainder of its course.

The Main River flows southwesterly around the northern end of the Fränkische Mountains to Bamberg, where the Regnitz River enters it from the left.

The Branco follows a south-southwesterly course for 482 mi (775 km) before it joins the Negro River, a major tributary of the Amazon, via numerous channels.

Formed by the junction of the Bagbe and Bafi rivers, which rise in the northeastern part of the country near the Guinea border, it flows 150 miles (240 km) in a south-southwesterly direction and drains an area of 5,460 square miles (14,141 square km).

I mess around trying to alter my course as it changes direction, turning from heading south-southwesterly to go south and then east.

North winds prevail in the Aegean Sea, although from the end of September to the end of May, during the mild winter season, these winds alternate with southwesterlies.

They reached 30mph in London yesterday and the Met Office says strong southwesterlies will blow until Thursday.