The word
"southerly" means something or someone that is relating to or moving towards the south direction.
Full definition
This is Sakurajima volcano, on the southern tip of Kyushu, the
most southerly of Japan's main islands.
Gudmandsen reports that light ice conditions in Nares Strait at the beginning of August are a result of long periods of
southerly winds in July that reduced the flux of ice south from the Lincoln Sea, and high surface air temperatures.
With a little
more southerly direction in the swell today there were waves peeling off from Kongs right down to Speedies.
The beach had been a surfing hotspot until the late 1930s, when the Newport Harbor jetty was extended, leading to the creation of The Wedge as a popular surf break, but shielding Corona from all but the most
southerly swells.
With a touch more
southerly direction in the waves Airport Left was looking the better option with a very consistent chest to slightly over head high wave.
Gets shelter
from southerly winds and waves so often a bit more manageable when the big SE swells roll in.
From here it is less than three hours to Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin), the most
southerly point on Indian Railways — and the southern tip of the country.
This could be done by flying lower, they said, or, in the North Atlantic corridor, by taking more
southerly routes, where the tropopause — the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere — is higher.
A tax haven and a popular travel destination, Jersey is the most
southerly island of the British Isles, lying just 14 miles off the coast of northern France.
«Europe is situated right on the main pathway that air and ocean currents take from more
southerly latitudes into the Arctic,» said Mauritsen, who is from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology.
This pattern was associated with
strong southerly winds from the Bering Strait across the North Pole, bringing warmer winds and ocean waters northward to melt the ice edge and push the ice northward.
Nestled within groves of tall coconut palms swaying to the sound of the waves, Villa Ananda is a lavish luxury retreat worlds away from its bustling
southerly neighbour, Phuket.
A beautifully presented
southerly aspect apartment situated in an exclusive development of just 3 properties; with sweeping views of poole harbour, The Purbecks and Studland Bay * Entrance hallway with lift access and storage * Inner hallway with...
In the Northern Hemisphere, June's full moons are always the year's lowest because that is when they lie in the most
southerly part of the moon's course.
Like the earlier warming event and migrations, the most recent northward advance of small fish such as sardines, anchovies and herring correlate very well with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and the current distribution of fish from
southerly waters is «almost identical to that described by Aurich for 1951.»
The edges of the reef provide a barrier to the deep sea waves and contains a slow
southerly current moving at a 1/2 knot that offers safe conditions for responsible divers.
A good reason to choose Hotel Royal over Shanghai Mansion is the long and narrow rooftop swimming pool with a tremendous
southerly view — we appreciated the fibreglass safety walls that allow you to soak in the scenery while cooling off.
And while Friday's weather was all you could ask for with warm
southerly breezes and occasional sun in the mid seventies, a Texas - style Blue Norther blew through for close - to - record cold temperatures all day Saturday.
Since it was freezing cold in New York, the three of us thought it would be smarter to move
southerly before hanging a right towards the West Coast.
FRIDAY: Old SSW swelll trends to leftovers as new SSW sweell slowly builds and short
period southerly swell continues.
The reef will «just» move poleward, This is about like not worrying how farming will be able to move to the wonderful glacial till, shield rock, and muskeg «soils» as more
southerly areas become too warm to grow certain crops effectively.
• Ushuaia — most
southerly town on earth you are ever likely to travel to.
In turn, unusually low pressure on the Pacific side centered roughly over the western Bering Sea
brought southerly winds over the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, contributing to unusually high air temperature there.
Significantly, Mallon says that none of the species are shared with more
southerly states, suggesting that dinosaur faunas in western North America were highly localized about 76 million years ago.
Also inhibiting summer melt this year is the unusually
southerly position of the jet stream, caused by a climate pattern called the North Atlantic Oscillation.
This is Belize's most
southerly atoll and offers superb scuba diving and snorkelling.
Schwartz links a stable jet stream that's been tracking
southerly air over Alaska to an El Nino effect.
This is because the ancients recognized that (from an earth - centric perspective) the sun makes an annual descent southward until December 21 or 22, the winter solstice, when it stops
moving southerly for three days and then starts to move northward again.
Thus, when temperatures warm, the vegetation can work from a huge store of moisture and thus add a large quantity of local moisture into the atmosphere via transpiration, in addition to what is transported here from the Gulf of Mexico by
prevailing southerly winds.»
A few stay on the ice all year round, but
southerly populations survive ashore in the summer, and it is the seasonal winter feast upon seals and other sea mammals that gives them the nourishment to make it to the next breeding season.
Just a quick look at the Sirocco (which is named after a legendary
southerly Mediterranean wind — it's a European thing) and a Galaxy S8 and you can immediately see the resemblance.
Due to its unique
southerly orientation, Playa Grande magnifies all south swells while also picking up those from the northwest.
Bradford Washburn (American, 1910 - 2007) Two Mount McKinley Views:
Tremendous Southerly Windstorm Sweeps Mt. McKinley's Twin Peaks, June 6, 1942, and Mount McKinley at Twilight.
The flaked stone tools resemble those from more
southerly sites at the time.
The peak season in the Islands has being dominate
by southerly winds and with another solid swell building up towards half way into our next trip on board Star Koat, Bruno Veiga and the crew start to dream on a perfect chance to surf one of the Mentawai pearls, «The Hole».
The journey starts at Ushuaia, the world's most
southerly city, where you'll set sail across the infamous Drake Passage to the wild and untamed Antarctica.
The harvest takes place in October, allowing up to an extra twenty days on the vine, compared to more
southerly vineyards, which producers believe allows more flavor to develop.