NNW
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Example Sentences
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On the morning of the 19th a NNW. gale with snow-storm foreboded mischief.
From Project Gutenberg
NNW Navajoa in a sparse grassway, 20 feet wide, bordering an open sewer, which coursed northward into the R�o Mayo.
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The 15th, at noon, the latitude was 22� 11′ N. The coast here lay in a NNW direction.
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We're expecting most of the threat of rain to pass NNW of the circuit today by a significant margin, but there's still a small-ish chance of some light showers during the afternoon.
From BBC
NNW of Rock Springs at the west rim of Wetherill Mesa.
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