Sentences with word «southerly»

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.»
This was the most southerly face of the island.
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.
It's here you'll find the most southerly coral reef in the world.
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.
Thursday: Small Southerly swell mix offers waist high and under surf.
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.
If the winds also change from southerly near...
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