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west-northwesterly

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  • The National Hurricane Center said Karl was about 435 kilometers east of Chetumal, Mexico, moving in a west-northwesterly direction with 65 kilometer per hour wind speeds.

    Hurricane Igor Strengthens Across Atlantic 2010

  • The National Hurricane Center said Karl was about 435 kilometers east of Chetumal, Mexico, moving in a west-northwesterly direction with 65 kilometer per hour wind speeds.

    Hurricane Igor Strengthens Across Atlantic 2010

  • It's about 400 miles from that west-northwesterly movement.

    CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2009 2009

  • And I think that's what's going to drive it more northerly rather than west-northwesterly like it is right now.

    CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2008 2008

  • It is still taking a northerly track, but in the discussion they did mention that maybe it could be pulling a little bit more west-northwesterly, as we were mentioning earlier in the show, Wolf, that we saw maybe a little bit of a wobble.

    CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2007 2007

  • The forecast track remains moving on a westerly motion, but a little bit of a jog more northwesterly instead of west-northwesterly as expected.

    CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2007 2007

  • The latest advisory showed winds of 145 miles per hour and it's moving west-northwesterly on a track to keep it south of Jamaica, south of the Cayman Islands and then heading towards the Yucatan Peninsula probably Monday night and into Tuesday.

    CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2007 2007

  • It's doing a bit of a wobble here, it's been doing it over the last couple hours, but the general direction is west-northwesterly.

    CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2007 2007

  • It has been moving west-northwesterly, maximum sustained winds around 40 miles per hour.

    CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2006 2006

  • The storm is heading west-northwesterly and we should be feeling the effects across the Keys pretty soon.

    CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2005 2005

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