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Definition of Northwest wind
1. Noun. A wind from the northwest.
Generic synonyms: Air Current, Current Of Air, Wind
Derivative terms: Northwesterly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northwest Wind
Literary usage of Northwest wind
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Clear and cool with light north wind ; 35° at S AM ; after clear and cool day
with fresh north-northwest wind, following cloudy, warmer weather. ..."
2. The Natural, Statistical, and Civil History of the State of New-York by James Macauley (1829)
"In summer the northwest wind sometimes blows with violence, and lasts three days,
... The northwest wind is highly detrimental to wheat, rye and meadows, ..."
3. Bulletin by Mount Weather Observatory, Bluemont, Va, United States Weather Bureau (1912)
"It is, however, a well established fact that, at this place, as the northwest
wind increases the pressure decreases, and when an increasing wind movement ..."
4. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by David Starr Jordan, Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, John J. Brice, Leonhard Stejneger (1898)
"Strong northwest wind, cold and blustering, blowing a gale during the night. ...
northwest wind, cold and blustering. The herd was moved 5 miles east on the ..."
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