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Meaning of "west-northwest"
West-northwest is a compound direction indicating a position between west and northwest on the compass
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- The compass point halfway between west and northwest; specifically at a bearing of 292.5°.
- Of, in or pertaining to the west-northwest; west-northwestern.
- Situated toward or in the direction of the west-northwest; west-northwestward; west-northwesterly.
- Coming from the west-northwest; west-northwesterly.
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It will continue moving west-northwest while strengthening.
The other one strikes approximately west-northwest.
Look to the west-northwest as soon as it gets dark.
Florence headed west and then west-northwest.
Northwest to west-northwest is expected during the next couple of.
It began to weaken as it moved west-northwest.
Its west-northwest path was well away from any land.
Flying object approaching from west-northwest at incredible speed.
The storm re-intensified to its former peak intensity as it turned west-northwest.
They curve to the west-northwest and leave the rail line.
This hurricane instead maintained a general west-northwest track.
It then turns west-northwest for more than a mile before turning south.
The suburb itself slopes gently to the west-northwest.
It faced west-northwest and was entered through a projecting portico on the western side.
The tropical storm is moving toward the west-northwest.
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As the system progressed in a west-northwest direction, its center of circulation became more organized.
The bureau expects the storm to move west-northwest.
It headed west-northwest and quickly intensified into a tropical storm and eventually, a hurricane.
Weekend while the system moves toward the west-northwest at.
The storm turned back to the west-northwest and weakened again to a tropical depression.
View from the castle towards the mountains west-northwest.
The red planet sets in the west-northwest in the late evening.
In response to a ridge to the east, the depression tracked in a general west-northwest direction.
It moved west-northwest and remained weak for several days due to strong wind shear.
Kay headed in an irregular but generally west-northwest path out to sea.
Here, the route turns west-northwest through more rural land with some development.
This has resulted in a breached crater which opens in a west-northwest direction.
Thereafter, the storm turned west-northwest and weakened steadily after encountering cooler water.
There is a minor inward bulge along the inner wall to the west-northwest.
The storm also resumed its west-northwest movement as a subtropical ridge to the north strengthened.
A ridge of high pressure north of the system steered it towards the west-northwest.
A west-northwest to northwest motion at a decreasing forward speed is expected over the next few days.
The cyclone moved northwest then west-northwest over two days.
There is also a protruding bay of darker material that reaches the wall to the west-northwest.
A slower west-northwest to west motion could begin tonight and continue into early next week.
A weakness in the ridge to its north allowed the hurricane to turn to the west-northwest.
Most of the wind predominantly comes from the west-northwest with easterly winds being rare.
The expectation is that the storm will make a turn towards the west-northwest.
The depression was steered toward the west-northwest along the southern periphery of a deep-layer subtropical ridge.
Situated south of a strong subtropical ridge, the system maintained a general west-northwest track.
It continued west-northwest until it struck China.
A small chain of craters cuts across the rim and inner wall to the west-northwest.
To the west-northwest is the crater Lebedinskiy.
During the approach it began to deviate from its westerly course and arc west-northwest.
It is thus centred west-northwest of Harrow.
Over the next ten days, it steadily gathered strength and slowly tracked to the west-northwest.
To the west-northwest is the battered remnant of Riccius.
It is approximately thirty miles west-northwest of Boston.
To the west-northwest is the large walled plain Blackett.
The association is a member of Neighbors West-Northwest.
