west northwest
Speech parts
1. west northwest - Noun
2. west northwest - Adjective
3. west northwest - Adverb
Meaning
west northwest (uncountable)
Alternative form of west-northwest
west northwest (not comparable)
Alternative form of west-northwest
west-northwest (uncountable)
The compass point halfway between west and northwest; specifically at a bearing of 292.5°.
Antonym: east-southeast
Of, in or pertaining to the west-northwest; west-northwestern.
Situated toward or in the direction of the west-northwest; west-northwestward; west-northwesterly.
A west-northwest course.
Coming from the west-northwest; west-northwesterly.
A west-northwest wind.
west-northwest (not comparable)
Towards or in the direction of the west-northwest; west-northwestwards.
We are travelling west-northwest at the moment.
Alternative names
west-northwest
Hypernyms
Examples
A west-northwest flow is expected to set up over the region late Tuesday through Wednesday, which will help give some relief from the humidity for a bit.
Antietam National Battlefield and South Mountain State Battlefield Park which commemorates the 1862 battles are located 23 miles and 35 miles respectively to the west-northwest.
Douglas is moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph.
It moved west-northwest with a speed of 12 km / h for the last six hours and was centered around 2 am about 300 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 530 km east-southeast of Pamban (India) and 700 km almost to the east. from Kanyakumari (India).
Iota was centered about 240 miles (390 kilometers) east of Isla de Providencia, Colombia, and was moving west-northwest at 6 mph (9 kph) Sunday morning.
Elsewhere in the tropics, there is a small area of low pressure about 400 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina that has a low potential of development over the next five days as it moves to the west-northwest.