Explore Southwesterly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like southwest or south. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Southwesterly in a sentence
Southwesterly meaning
- Situated in, or pointing to, the southwest.
- Of a wind, coming from the southwest.
Synonyms of Southwesterly
Using Southwesterly
- The main meaning on this page is: Situated in, or pointing to, the southwest. | Of a wind, coming from the southwest.
- Useful related words include: southwest, south, southwestern.
- In the example corpus, southwesterly often appears in combinations such as: southwesterly winds, to southwesterly, or southwesterly.
Context around Southwesterly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Southwesterly
- In this selection, "southwesterly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, winds, light, strong, winds, moderate and breezes stand out and add context to how "southwesterly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a brisk southwesterly wind highs and and a southwesterly breeze will. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "southwesterly" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with southwesterly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Strong southwesterly winds are expected to develop this afternoon continue into this evening. (13 words)
Fueled by a brisk southwesterly wind, highs on should return to the 70s. (13 words)
Winds southwesterly moderate, decreasing light to moderate towards evening, veering northwesterly late night. (13 words)
Torres said isolated rain and thunderstorms are likely in the western part of Northern and Central Luzon due to southwesterly surface wind flow, while Batanes and Babuyan Islands are expected to have overcast skies with rains due to the frontal system. (41 words)
Winds southwesterly moderate to strong, soon sharply veering north-northwesterly and decreasing moderate, veering northerly moderate to strong for a time by afternoon, then northeasterly moderate in the evening and easterly moderate to strong overnight. (35 words)
Moisture-rich and unstable air will be brought into the area by a southwesterly flow at the lower levels, providing the ingredients for thunderstorm development, especially during the afternoon and evening. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees, possibly reaching 19 degrees, in mostly light southwesterly breezes".
Strong southwesterly winds are expected to develop this afternoon continue into this evening.
The bureau's Kate Doyle said a ridge of high pressure bringing persistent southwesterly winds and clear skies led to the "really crispy" morning temperatures.
Then it will move southwesterly through north-eastern South Australia and western New South Wales.
The wind along the coast will be Strong northeasterly along the wild coast at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southwesterly.
Torres said isolated rain and thunderstorms are likely in the western part of Northern and Central Luzon due to southwesterly surface wind flow, while Batanes and Babuyan Islands are expected to have overcast skies with rains due to the frontal system.
A Met Office spokesperson said: "Very strong west or southwesterly winds will develop widely during Sunday evening, persisting overnight and into Monday morning.
The Met Office states: “A spell of strong west or southwesterly winds is likely to affect Northern Ireland, north Wales, northern England and much of Scotland from Tuesday evening.
Very strong and gusty southwesterly winds will develop, with strong gales and high waves along coasts.
Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending south to southwesterly during the day then tending southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening.
Winds southeast to southwesterly up to 25 km/h tending east to southeasterly up to 20 km/h in the morning.
You won't need your jacket this afternoon as sunshine and a southwesterly breeze will help temperatures warm into the upper 70s and low 80s.
Another case of tornado moving at a snail’s pace was 1997 Jarrell, TX F-5 tornado, which very slowly wandered southwesterly, according to The Weather Channel’s article.
Moisture-rich and unstable air will be brought into the area by a southwesterly flow at the lower levels, providing the ingredients for thunderstorm development, especially during the afternoon and evening.
The forecast is for winds to decrease in the middle of tomorrow, before becoming south to southwesterly and light in the late afternoon.
Fueled by a brisk southwesterly wind, highs on should return to the 70s.
Winds southwesterly moderate, decreasing light to moderate towards evening, veering northwesterly late night.
Winds southwesterly moderate to strong, soon sharply veering north-northwesterly and decreasing moderate, veering northerly moderate to strong for a time by afternoon, then northeasterly moderate in the evening and easterly moderate to strong overnight.
Winds westerly moderate, rapidly easing variable light by midday and increasing southwesterly light to moderate through the evening.
Winds west-southwesterly moderate, increasing moderate in the late afternoon, then veering northeasterly in the evening.
Common combinations with southwesterly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- southwesterly winds 11×
- to southwesterly 4×
- or southwesterly 3×
- southwesterly wind 3×
- increasing southwesterly 3×
- southwesterly flow 2×
- winds southwesterly 2×
- southwesterly moderate 2×
- southwesterly light 2×
- the southwesterly 2×