Meanings of northwest breeze in English

With full sail the boat was running before a stiff northwest breeze.

The fresh northwest breeze that sweeps the Manitoba plains had dropped.

He must profit by this northwest breeze which was blowing up.

It was an oppressive afternoon; the fresh northwest breeze had dropped, the sky was clouded, the air hot and heavy.

The sky was ruffled with great billowing white summer clouds, and a cool northwest breeze was coming off the mountain tops.

Such were Austen's thoughts as he drove to Fairview that September afternoon when the leaves were turning their white backs to the northwest breeze.

All that night, and during the morning of the next day, we sailed steadily with a fresh northwest breeze that bade fair to strengthen by-and-by.