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Westerlies
west·er·ly W0097800 (wĕs′tər-lē)adj.1. Situated toward the west.2. Coming or being from the west: westerly winds.n. pl. west·er·lies A storm or wind coming from the west.
[Middle English, from wester, western, from Old English westra; see wes-pero- in Indo-European roots.]
west′er·ly adv.Westerlies (ˈwɛstəlɪz) pl n (Physical Geography) meteorol the prevailing winds blowing from the west on the poleward sides of the horse latitudes, often bringing depressions and anticycloneswesterlies
westerlies[′wes·tər·lēz] (meteorology) The dominant west-to-east motion of the atmosphere, centered over the middle latitudes of both hemispheres; at the earth's surface, the westerly belt (or west-wind belt) extends, on the average, from about 35 to 65° latitude. Also known as circumpolar westerlies; middle-latitude westerlies; mid-latitude westerlies; polar westerlies; subpolar westerlies; subtropical westerlies; temperate westerlies; zonal westerlies; zonal winds. ThesaurusSeewesterly |