Dominant northwesterly winds eventually caused blowing sand to become perched on the banks.

The northwesterly wind in the South Island is a foehn wind.

Many of the strongest northerly and northwesterly winds blow ahead of cold fronts.

He said a cold front with northwesterly winds would blow out the haze overnight.

Shelling The best time for finding shells is two days after a northwesterly wind or at low tide.

The northwesterly and southwesterly winds are sometimes to a maximum speed of 21 m / sec.

Wednesday and Thursday saw strong northwesterly winds for many, reaching gale force on higher ground in the north.

After a time the rain blew off, and they were running again before a gentle northwesterly wind.

On a recent day, the passage was choppy and erratic as a northwesterly wind blew under a charcoal sky.

Clouds cannot accumulate as quickly and are generally scattered by the constant westerly or northwesterly winds.