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WNW

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  1. west-northwest

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The Surfline Surf Forecast for this weekend is as follows: The surf for this weekend looks like it should be fun/contestable at Scripps thanks to a short to medium period WNW wind and groundswell combo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Winds are again breezy out of the WNW 15-20 knots+ but conditions at the Lane will remain at least semi protected.

From Time Magazine Archive

A solid WNW swell will be filling in late Wednesday afternoon and will be in full effect for the opening season Game where Santa Cruz goes against defending champions from Orange County.

From Time Magazine Archive

WNW Purificación, Jalisco 92811 KU, ♂ 42.0 22.6 13.2 12.0 6.0 6.2 7.7 4 km.

From A New Subspecies of the Fruit-eating Bat, Sturnira ludovici, From Western Mexico by Jones, J. Knox

A breeze springing up from the WNW, they bore away Eastward, and passed round the East end of Staten Island; after which they saw no other land till they came into the South Sea.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James