Article: A numerical investigation of the local ocean response to westerly wind burst forcing in the Western Equatorial Pacific

Article: poniente
A Dictionary of Weather;      8 words ...poniente A westerly wind in the Straits of Gibraltar.

Article: Westerly wind events and the 1997/98 El Nino event in the ECMWF seasonal forecasting system: A case study
Journal of Climate;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......more than 1 K. Several strong westerly wind events developed during the...98 El Nino suggesting that westerly wind events played a key role in...paper quantifies the impact of westerly wind events on the 1997/98 El Nino...

Article: vector
A Dictionary of Geography;      19 words ...vector A force having both magnitude and direction, such as a westerly wind blowing at 30 m.p.h. See also wind shear .

Article: FACT!(Features)
The Mirror (London, England);  August 9, 2004 ;     15 words ...WHAT is Afghanistan's Bad-I-Sad-O-Bist-Roz?A HOTand dry north westerly wind from Juneto September.

Article: Modeling the oceanic response to westerly wind bursts in the Western Equatorial Pacific
Journal of Physical Oceanography;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......forced by strong westerly wind bursts in the...equatorial Pacific. The westerly wind bursts last from...local response to westerly wind bursts. However...simulating the upper ocean response to atmospheric...cyclone with a westerly wind at the ...

Article: The leaning shed of Whataroa
The Press;  July 29, 1997 ;     87 words ......farmer Chris Holme spends his day patiently waiting for a westerly wind strong enough to blow his farm shed back into an upright...years had given the shed its distinctive lean. He said a good westerly wind of the same strength would help the shed, known to local...

Article: libeccio
A Dictionary of Weather;      34 words ...libeccio The local name for a blustery south-westerly or westerly wind that occurs over Corsica and the central Mediterranean. It is particularly strong in winter, and may bring heavy rain or thunderstorms in summer .

Article: ponente
A Dictionary of Weather;      40 words ...ponente A westerly wind along the coasts of the north-western Mediterranean. It tends to be a land-breeze around the Golfe du Lion, and a weakened flow from the mistral on the Côte d'Azur and over the Ligurian Sea, where it often precedes the tramontana .

Article: TODAY'S WEATHER.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  August 15, 2001 ;     42 words ...IN Dublin early rain should clear to leave a fine day with a gentle westerly wind. In Connaught it will be mostly dry with sunny spells and only isolated showers. In Munster a dry day is expected and all counties in Leinster will be wet at first becoming drier later.

Article: Intraseasonal Variability of Equatorial Indian Ocean Zonal Currents
Journal of Climate;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......are punctuated by strong 10-40-day westerly wind bursts. The wind bursts force swift...undercurrents. Experiments with a single westerly wind burst forcing show that apart from...accelerate to about 1 m s^sup -1^ when a westerly wind stress abruptly increases in spring...

Article: FISHERMEN BULLETIN FOR A&N COAST VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS COMMENCING FROM NOON OF AUG. 7
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 7, 2008 ;     35 words ...The Administration of Andaman and Nicobar issued the following news release: Strong southwest to westerly wind speed between 45 & 55 km per hour and rough to very rough seas likely along and off Andaman and Nicobar coast.

Article: EYEWITNESS NEWS: STORMTEAM WEATHER; WCHS - FOX 11 Jim Barach's Outlook
Charleston Gazette;  February 21, 2006 ;     40 words ...Partly cloudy skies and a westerly wind will push the mercury up to a near normal 47 degrees today. Tonight, a low of 27 with increasing clouds. A weak system passing to the south will bring a chance of showers Wednesday. Highs in the mid-40s. Mild condi

Article: FISHERMEN BULLETIN FOR ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR COAST VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS COMMENCING FROM NOON OF AUG. 6
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 6, 2008 ;     35 words ...The Administration of Andaman and Nicobar issued the following news release: Strong southwest to westerly wind speed between 45 & 55 km per hour and rough to very rough seas likely along and off Andaman and Nicobar coast.

Article: Quantifying the Dependence of Westerly Wind Bursts on the Large-Scale Tropical Pacific SST
Journal of Climate;  June 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......parameters characterizing observed westerly wind bursts (WWBs) in the equatorial Pacific...formulae omitted.) 1. Introduction Westerly wind hursts in the equatorial Pacifie may...the three (Yu and Rienecker 1998). Westerly wind bursts (WWBs) are commonly considered...