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WNW

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WNW British  

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  1. west-northwest

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

A decked long boat, having been sent from Sydney to Norfolk island, in her passage thither fell in with a considerable shoal bearing from ENE to WNW distant from the vessel one mile.

From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 by David Collins

This ridge also is of somewhat indefinite area, being perhaps 20 miles long in an ESE by WNW direction by 1½ to three miles wide.

From Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine by Walter H. Rich

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