How to Use west-northwest in a Sentence

west-northwest

noun

• Breezes could be around 15 mph at times, out of the west-northwest.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• Wind gusts from the west-northwest may still gust around 20 mph.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
• The storm will move from west-northwest to east-southeast at 35 mph.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2023
• The storm is forecast to stay on a west-northwest path over the next few days and stay north of the islands.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 24 June 2023
• Sara was picking up speed and moving to the west-northwest at 12 mph.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
• Find the bright planet Venus above the southwest and the bright star Arcturus above west-northwest.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
• The comet can be seen in the early evenings by gazing toward the west-northwest horizon.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Afternoon west-northwest winds could gust a few times near 25 mph.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• It’s expected to head to the west-northwest over the open Atlantic over the next few days and is no immediate threat to land.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 13 Sep. 2023
• The comet can be seen in the early evenings from the Northern Hemisphere by gazing toward the west-northwest horizon.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
• The storm is moving west-northwest at about 14 miles per hour, the NHC said Wednesday afternoon.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Winds out of the west-northwest will steer moisture ashore, creating clouds that will flow all the way to inland valleys and foothills.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
• As the moon begins to rise in the east-southeast, Jupiter rises on the west-northwest horizon, in the opposite direction of the moon.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 17 Apr. 2024
• Look to the west-northwest sky in the evening to early night to see the spiral Andromeda Galaxy, the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
• It was located about 1,175 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands on Sunday.
  — DÁnica Coto, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
• Through tonight: Clear and slowly calming, with west-northwest breezes down toward 5 mph near dawn.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
• Confidence: High Tonight: Skies are clear and west-northwest breezes slowly die down.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
• The ship reportedly stopped a little more than 50 miles west-northwest of Flam after the man went overboard, and turned around.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 8 June 2024
• The system is expected to track to the west-northwest across the central Atlantic during that timeframe.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 21 July 2023
• Mawar will continue to track west-northwest away from Guam and towards the northern Philippines and Taiwan.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 May 2023
• Some development of this system is possible during the next few days while the low moves slowly to the west-northwest.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
• Mawar will continue to move west-northwest, away from Guam, toward the northern Philippines and Taiwan.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 25 May 2023
• About the same time as evening rains ebb and a few clouds break up, west-northwest winds gust for a couple hours near 30 mph but slowly decrease back toward 15 mph in the early morning hours.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023
• Annapolis never floods when the wind blows out of the west-northwest, but the editorial board or politicians never write or talk about that when the tide is low.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
• Building winds get slightly concerning out of the west-northwest, perhaps gusting near or past 50 mph in the afternoon.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• The storm is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph, and a west-northwest to west motion at a slower forward speed is anticipated over the next few days.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2024
• Midday breezes from the west-northwest could occasionally gust around 15 mph.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• It is expected to move slowly west-northwest or northwest and is expected to develop over the southwestern Gulf over the weekend.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2024
• The storm has managed to move (erratically) farther west-northwest toward the islands.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
• It was centered about 290 miles west-northwest of Fort Myers, Florida, and is expected to remain offshore of Florida.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023

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