Northwesterly \North`west"er*ly\, a. Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.
Strong northwesterly wind was expected to move the snow showers to the lower Great Lakes region and parts of the upper Ohio Valley during the night, with up to 6 inches of snow possible in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Cold air spread across much of the central states, bringing an end to several days of unseasonably warm weather, as northwesterly wind gusting above 40 mph blew across the middle Mississippi Valley and the central half of the Great Plains.
Strong northwesterly winds prevailed across the lower Great Lakes region, upper Ohio Valley, and the middle and northern Atlantic Coast states.
Strong northwesterly wind also ushered cold air into the Great Lakes and the Northeast.
Strong northwesterly winds continued Friday to bring cold air into the north-central states, with winds to 30 mph in the upper Mississippi Valley.
Strong northwesterly winds ushered more cold air into the central part of the country.
The Pacific plate is moving northwesterly at a rate of about four inches a year, Okamura said.
Afternoon temperatures were only in the 40s and 50s across much of the south-central section of the country as well as the middle Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region as strong northwesterly wind behind the front ushered in cold air.
Strong southerly winds prevailed across the southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley, and strong northwesterly winds ushered cooler air into the Northeast.
Hugo was moving northwesterly at about 12 miles per hour, but its winds were down to 105 mph, and forecasters expected some fluctuations in Hugo's strength overnight.
Strong northwesterly wind ushered cold air into the north-central states.
On Tuesday, the storm appeared to be turning away from the islands, but it shifted to a northwesterly direction and forecasters said Dalilia could come closer than they initially expected.
A low pressure system moving away from New England left gusty northwesterly wind in its wake, plus snow showers scattered across northern parts of New England, from northeastern New York state into northern Maine.