Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest. / (chiefly of a wind) Coming from the northwest.

From the northwest.

A strong wind or storm from the northwest.

In or toward the northeast.

Toward the northeast.

plural of northeasterner

An extratropical storm, usually found in coastal New England and Atlantic Canada, whose winds usually come from the northeast.

A strong north wind, a wind blowing from the north.

To move or go toward the north. / (of wind) To blow from (closer to) the north, pushing ships (etc) towards the south; to have its apparent source shift northward.

(now chiefly dialectal) comparative form of north: more north; northern