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Sentence Examples There are plenty of boat-diving opportunities that don't involve going too deep, though this can be spoilt by a strong easterly. The Capricorn Corsair drove through the smooth harbour water before the steady easterly that flowed seaward on summer nights. Once the kayakers had rounded the peninsular, they were protected from the seasonal north easterly. Within an hour we were standing on a torn up area of turf being blasted by a strong north easterly. Much of the Douro Superior, the most easterly of the three sub-regions, is still pioneer country. Because of its closeness to the International Date Line this is the most easterly city in the world and is the first on which the sun rises. Eventually I reached the Royal Mile, expecting to continue ahead and make an easterly turn beyond Waverley Station. The US 1st Marine Expeditionary Force peeled off across the Tigris on a more easterly route towards the Iraqi capital. The island of Puerto Rico is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain. The game was being played on the most easterly of the Albrecht pitches and the multi-talented McAdam revelled in the occasion. This new speed limit, perhaps 40 mph, needs to extend about one mile eastward from the roundabout at the easterly end of the present bypass. The car continued to rotate a full 380 degrees before crashing into a nearby solarium facing in an easterly direction. Ithaki, the most easterly of the modern group, faces the dawn, and is hilly. Lisa was in good form, looking forward to a weekend away in a caravan in Ballyhalbert, the most easterly village in Ireland. Barbados' easterly location and position at 13 degrees latitude gave it comparative advantages for the growing and production of sugar cane. Last week, your mild mannered reporter was walking through Knightsbridge, and he glanced in an easterly direction. The easterly trade winds are part of the low-level component of the Walker circulation. A strong gust of easterly wind scattered the torn remains of the letter with its proud seal, and its commanding impression. The weather was cold and drizzly with a slight easterly wind blowing towards me. The crews set off in a moderate south easterly breeze and coast in the Kalbarri region is set for a fine weekend. Show More Sentences The fierce easterly wind blowing out of the Straits of Gibraltar kept them waiting like a courtier at the king's gate. With a very strong easterly wind continuing to blow across the province fishing operations were very much restricted. In Namibia, conditions turned from easterly bergwinds to strong south westerly winds and the temperature dropped like a brick. The dust was not caused by easterly winds, but rather when the maize was being levelled out in the ship's hold. It was blowing a light easterly today so I headed back to the Ditchling field. Christmas Day itself generally dawns grey, with an easterly blustering off the Pacific, but it doesn't matter! At all times, a west wind is best, though an easterly can be useful if it's not too fresh. After six hours sleep we woke up to a south easterly and clouds drifting past. With brilliant sunshine, the penultimate race of the season brought a light north easterly so sail pumping was the order of the day. For a few months each year the winds blow easterly, and in those months the ancient Polynesians made eastward voyages of exploration. Sunday brought a strong easterly wind and a course was set in the north lake with a start near FBA south to a dan buoy near Roughholme Island. It is believed that they have picked up metals blown off the bombing range by the strong easterly winds that regularly blow across the island. West of the agonic line, the needle points east of true north, and has an easterly or positive declination. With easterly winds often travelling across the industrial areas of Europe, the visibility can be quite poor. The easterly jet is replaced by a narrow westerly subtropical jet stream on the southern edge of the Himalaya. The lineations show shallow easterly plunges in the north becoming steeper in the south of the Welverdiend shear zone. On occasion, severe frosts, biting easterly winds and snowfall can result in winter casualties. I crunched my way in a south easterly direction towards the first of two subsidiary tops. The strong temperature contrast across the Pacific means the easterly trade winds will be enhanced for the Pacific Ocean. Dust is uplifted by wind, the circulation is most obvious from easterly or northerly directions. Show More Sentences The site is easy to dive in most conditions except when easterly or southerly gales prevail. Right ascension, measures the easterly distance of an object from the vernal point, along the plane of the celestial equator. Historically, northeasters with an easterly track have brought the East Coast its heaviest snowfalls. Most of the caribou fanned out in an easterly direction, but two individuals moved south. This is the most easterly of the 26,000 ft-plus Himalayan range, and until 1852 was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world. The low easterly sunrays beat upon him, warming his body in the cool morning air. Forecasters are predicting that the icy conditions will continue into next week with easterly winds picking up and a strong possibility of snow. I don't care if rain is patchy or scattered or intermittent or coming in from an easterly direction. We also had to deal with terrifically dry easterly winds, so building windbreaks and planting hedges were a top priority. Not many miles away another little ship was slipping through the water, fitfully tacking against the contrary wind, seeking an easterly path. These studies also show that birds using easterly coastal flyways in the fall return by more westerly central routes in spring. NorthLink blamed the exceptionally low tides and easterly gales, which left an insufficient depth of water at Aberdeen for vessels. Even with a force six easterly bearing in from the North Sea yesterday, Crail still appeared like the cosy little corner of the East Neuk of Fife it undoubtedly is. Next day the weather worsened and an easterly gale finished the job. It's terrible what a cold north easterly can do to your equipment. Conditions were poor with bright sunshine and north easterly winds. The North easterly persisted for about 8 days, keeping temperatures very low but we put up three bivvies which gave us protection from the conditions. There are 35 species of Christmas beetles right across Australia, but most prefer the moister east and south easterly areas, especially near the coast. We had to contend with a very cold easterly wind blowing downstream. When the winds are easterly, the pollen count lowers in the east as you might expect, but pine pollen has been detected on the coast, presumably from Norway. Show More Sentences Strong easterly winds drove the fire down the westerly slopes of the Carmel Range. The weather might change if the winds turn easterly or southerly. If a raindrop falling onto the top of the Andes in South America encounters a light easterly breeze, it will blow the rain onto the western side of the mountain. Although the met office had warned of a mean north easterly topping out at force five, wind never topped a four in the gusts and generally settled into a two to three routine. Afternoon weather for central London is predicted to be 12C, light rain, easterly breeze with the evening, largely overcast. The summit of Carn an Tuirc lies about a kilometre west of the corrie rim and from there it's a straightforward easterly descent, then reascent to Tolmount. Each pilot made an easterly course toward Fallujah, heading back to the LZ beyond Camp Schwedler. Freezing easterly gales, with wind speeds up to sixty miles per hour registered at Harry's weather station, continue to dominate the beginning of spring. Seas were smoother within the narrows of the Dardanelles and once the kayakers had rounded the Gallipoli peninsular, they were protected from the seasonal north easterly. The evening was well attended with usual crowd of avid networkers chatting away to one another in the fresh easterly winds at the Varuna Yacht Club. As for the wind dispersion, the prevailing winds are mostly easterly. The wind was quite variable during the course of the day, with a 20 km easterly tailwind at the start, turning southerly and reducing as the day progressed. The mark was continuous across the lawn and proceeded easterly. As we arrived at the river, the cold easterly gale had veered to a light westerly breeze with a touch of warmth in it, perfect for river trouting. It turned north for some distance, then curved right around to flow back south, before finally returning to its usual easterly course towards the Great River. The reader should be aware that the Mekong flows generally in an easterly direction across Viet Nam from Cambodia and ultimately empties into the South China Sea. Easterly winds bring us this extreme cold and, unlike a northerly wind, the easterly wind only has a short distance to travel over the warming sea. The Deposit occurs as a near surface, continuous north-south trending, 50 to 70 degree easterly dipping and broadly undulating sheetlike body. Northerly winds can also be cold but are not usually as cold as easterly winds. They sailed in an easterly direction, first to Ceylon and then on to Australia. Show More Sentences Winds from an easterly direction are usually drier but considerably colder, and may be accompanied by haar, a persistent coastal fog. The most easterly point in Ireland is also in Ulster, in County Down, and the most westerly point in the UK is in County Fermanagh. When the cyclone track becomes strongly poleward with an easterly component, the cyclone has begun recurvature, entering the Westerlies. These winds can affect Dublin, but due to its easterly location it is least affected compared to other parts of the country. However, in winter, easterly winds render the city colder and more prone to snow showers. One of the most easterly occurrences can be found at Misselberg near Nassau on the Lahn. The Anterior Rhine arises from numerous source streams in the upper Surselva and flows in an easterly direction. Frosts mainly occur during spells of easterly or northeasterly winds from the inner European continent. As the sunrose, I judgedthatwe were heading in a generally easterly direction, the direction of Tbilisi. In summer, easterly winds can intermittently drive coastal upwelling along the South African south coast. Inshore of the Benguela Current proper, the south easterly winds drive coastal upwelling, forming the Benguela Upwelling System. The high pressure in the center is due to the westerly winds on the northern side of the gyre and easterly trade winds on the southern side. The River Rother rises on the Weald and flows easterly to the east of Rye Bay. They mark the most easterly point of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In 1609 Hudson was chosen by merchants of the Dutch East India Company in the Netherlands to find an easterly passage to Asia. Polynesians may have used the prevailing north easterly trade winds to reach New Zealand in about three weeks. The peaks in the easterly portion of the range, in Austria and Slovenia, are smaller than those in the central and western portions. The most significant easterly fault described by Edward Hull throws the strata down to the east. The katabatic wind loses its influence over prevailing winds only when there is a strong S or SW to easterly gradient airflow. Show More Sentences Its easterly range extends to Irkutsk in Siberia and its southerly range includes parts of northwestern Africa in the northern mountain ranges of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. After that, light easterly winds prevailed which would have assisted any invasion craft travelling from the Continent towards the invasion beaches. Landsmen can seldom tell you the direction of the wind, unless it happens to be easterly and beasterly, neither is it any longer a matter of vital importance to seamen. In the meantime, a small squadron from the West Indies joined Conflans in Brest and, when an easterly wind came on the 14th, Conflans slipped out. After a second, easterly Atlantic crossing, Alabama sailed down the southwestern African coast where she continued her war against northern commerce. In general, easterly flow occurs at low and medium latitudes globally. A bitter easterly breeze blew with a threat of oncoming winter. One of these groves, called the Sultanpet Tope, was intersected by deep ditches, watered from a channel running in an easterly direction about a mile from the fort. Snow showers often pass through the city via the Cheshire gap on north westerly airstreams, but can also come off the North Sea from north easterly airstreams. However, early on Tuesday morning, the flames jumped over the Fleet and outflanked them, driven by the unabated easterly gale, forcing them to run for it. The more easterly groups such as the Vandals are thought to have been united in the use of East Germanic languages, the most famous of which is Gothic. The current is driven by the prevailing south easterly trade winds. Examples from Classical Literature Some of the arcading, notably that in the three easterly bays of the south aisle, is unrestored. These streams have an easterly direction, their beds, often dry, joining the Okavango. It can be cold in our village, even in early September, when there is an easterly storm. The current sets easterly through the whole four-and-twenty hours, and the indraught should by all means be avoided. To the east of the agonic line the declination is westerly, and to the west it is easterly. Ross skirted along the ice barrier in an easterly direction until the 2nd February, when he reached S. lat. For many hours the wind blew easterly, but at three in the afternoon it shifted to the south and gave the enemy the weather gauge. Then I turned to the easterly tunnel, and pursued it till it branched. His passing, and the coming of the easterly wind, were coincidental. So they rose into the air and disappeared in an easterly direction. No barometer will give warning of an easterly gale, were it ever so wet. Anselmo determined to leave France in an easterly direction. Then you would have walked up the street from an easterly direction? History broods over that part of the world like the easterly 157 haar. It has been found northerly in Ladakh, and easterly in Sikim. Rick swung the mtb onto an easterly course without another word. Still, the easterly winds, and, generally speaking, the easterly weather all the world over, is characterized by regularity and persistence. This ravine led in an easterly direction as far as the Pecos bottom. On the third day, she descried a number of Indians on horseback proceeding in an easterly direction. We generally pick up an easterly draught below three thousand at this time o' the year. Show More Sentences The Moelfre RNLI lifeboat crew located the fishing vessel 45 minutes after launching into the 20 knot strong north easterly wind and rough sea. I intend going with Windich to-morrow easterly in search of water. In fact, an easterly storm had set in, and indefatigably apply itself to the task of making the black roof and walls of the old house look more cheerless than ever before. Exactly, for Amy keeps me pointing due west most of the time, with only an occasional whiffle round to the south, and I haven't had an easterly spell since I was married. Find more words! 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