Westerlies

British

/ ˈwɛstəlɪz /

plural noun

meteorol the prevailing winds blowing from the west on the poleward sides of the horse latitudes, often bringing depressions and anticyclones

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Westerlies Fest 2024 concludes May 11 with the band’s traditional spotlight at the Royal Room.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Wind patterns known as the Westerlies sweep airborne things ranging from Beijing’s tailpipe soot and the charred chunks of Siberian forest fires swinging over the Arctic and into the United States.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023

“It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes. Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course,” read the Foreign Ministry’s statement.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023

Among the performers are Owls, a string quartet, and the Westerlies, a brass quartet.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Small or large they roll along under the Westerlies, translated by friction, and invariably moving for most of their course in an easterly direction, like their tractor above.

From Reading the Weather by Longstreth, Thomas Morris

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