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It was a breezy southwesterly gale which caused overflowing dustbins to be sent flying through the masses.
The Observatory said the hot weather was caused by a southwesterly airstream.
As they broke out, moving in a southwesterly direction towards the foothills, they were met with artillery fire.
Strong southwesterly flows can produce widespread standing wave activity and mechanical turbulence over and to the lee of the Coteau.
Northwesterly winds prevail in autumn and winter, and westerly and southwesterly winds are common in spring and summer.
The sky is cloudy, the winds are southwesterly, sunshine is minimal, and rain falls almost daily, especially during July and August.
After emerging from the reservoir of El Tranco de Beas, it follows a westerly and southwesterly trend for the remainder of its course.
The surface wind was southwesterly at 5 to 10 knots with gusts in the vicinity reported as high as 20 knots.
Small-stock, particularly the lambs and kids, are vulnerable to these types of near-frost conditions and the chill factor of a southwesterly or southerly breeze.
This pattern was generating a light but increasing southwesterly flow in the lower levels.
At the time of the crash, the conditions remained the same, with light southwesterly surface winds.
Hatchet Creek arises in the Ashland Plateau of the Piedmont Uplands and flows southwesterly off the Fall Line terminating into Lake Mitehell of the Coosa River.
The weather was described as overcast and dark, with southwesterly winds at 10 knots and with small wavelets.
Placentia Bay is characterized by deep water and exposure to southwesterly winds and currents.
It would be the Gulf Stream, as well as the prevailing winds, which are generally southwesterly in our area.
During dry periods, these lakes shrank or disappeared, and prevailing southwesterly winds blew clouds of sand from the dry lakebeds across the valley.
The southwesterly winds push the ice out past Cape Churchill where the current begins to carry it southeastward.
At that time the weather was reported to be winds southwesterly at 10 knots, with a slight sea, air temperature 13.5C and visibility 2 to 3 cables.
At the time of the collision, the tug and barge had left the outbound traffic lane and entered the traffic separation zone on a southwesterly heading.
At 04002 the following morning, the weather outlook was for winds rising to gale force southeast, then shifting to strong gale force southwesterly.
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A southwesterly breeze had sprung up, and there was a watery look about the sky.
The habitat of this grape extends from southern Oklahoma, as a northern limit, southwesterly into Mexico.
Stratton remembered Las Vegas as the name of a camp down at the southwesterly extremity of the ranch.
For the next fourteen days, nothing remarkable occurred in the march, which had been in a southwesterly direction.
The principal ranges have a general northeasterly and southwesterly direction, and are about six in number.
A southwesterly current was unmistakably obstructed by the little elevations, and left the small trails of dust in their lee.
They travelled in a southwesterly direction, towards the Mediterranean Sea.
They set out at a fox-trot, continuing their southwesterly direction.
The nursery should be a quiet room with a south or southwesterly exposure.
A three-hour southwesterly drive from Los Angeles, the Salton Sea fishery is back.
I knew that I must travel in a southwesterly direction to reach my destination, but the sun was my only guide.
Winds are moderate to strong northwesterly to southwesterly and sea waves are medium to high.
Winds will be southwesterly moderate with clouds at high altitudes.
After the last load had been removed the warriors made lines fast to the craft and towed her far out into the valley in a southwesterly direction.
According to the Jordan Meteorological Department, winds will be southwesterly to northeasterly moderate to brisk, blowing dust mainly in the desert areas.
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