Definitions for southerly
ˈsʌð ər lisouther·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. south wind, souther, southerlyadjective

   a wind from the south

2. southerly, southernadjective

   situated in or oriented toward the south

   "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course"

3. southerly, southernadverb

   from the south; used especially of wind

   "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly"

4. southerly, southward, southwardsadverb

   toward the south

   "the ship turned southerly"

5. southerlyadverb

   from the south

   "a wind blew southerly"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. southerlynoun

   A wind blowing from the south.

2. southerlyadverb

   In a southward direction or position; towards the south.

3. southerlyadverb

   From the south.

4. southerlyadjective

   coming from the south.

   Warm, moist air was brought by southerly winds

5. southerlyadjective

   Facing the south; directed towards the south.

6. southerlyadjective

   Located towards the south

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Southerlyadjective

   Etymology: from South.

   1. Belonging to any of the points denominated from the South; not absolutely southern.2. Lying towards the South.

   Unto such as live under the Pole that is only north which is above them, that is only southerly which is below them. Brown.

   Two other country bills give us a view of the most easterly, westerly, and southerly parts of England. John Graunt.

   3. Coming from about the South.

   I am but mad north, northwest: when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

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1. southerly

   A southerly buster is the colloquial name of an abrupt southerly wind change in the southern regions of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia, which approaches from the southeast, mainly on a hot day, bringing in cool, usually severe weather and a dramatic temperature drop, thus ultimately replacing and relieving the prior hot conditions. Marking the boundary between hot and cool air masses, a southerly buster is sometimes represented by a roll-up cloud perpendicular to the coast, which appears from the south and coexists with the wind change, though sometimes there is little visual signal of the southerly's arrival.Southerly busters occur in the backside of a low pressure trough, followed by the speedy advance of an anticyclone from Western Australia. They are caused by the interaction of a shallow cold front with the blocking mountain range that aligns the coast, and frictional contrasts over the mainland and the ocean that disconnect the flow. Southerly busters occur about 32 times each year on the coast of southeastern Australia, with variable strength, usually in spring and summer. Although southerly busters are often associated with NSW and Victoria, they also occur on the east coast of Tasmania, New Zealand, and in Argentina and Chile.

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1. southerly

   Southerly refers to a direction, position, or movement towards the south. It can also be used to describe a wind blowing from the south.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Southerlyadjective

   southern

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1. Southerly

   Southerly is the name of a storm or front of air coming from the South. In the Southern Hemisphere these can be cold and have bad weather. In Wellington, New Zealand these storms are normally short and frequently have winds gusting between 120 km/h and 160 km/h though higher speeds are known. In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia these events are known as southerly busters. On sunny days in the Sydney Summer, the land heats up rapidly during the morning, while sea temperatures remain cool, typically 20 to 23 degrees. The prevailing early morning wind is a light South West offshore breeze that blows from land to sea, but as the land heats up a North East convection wind develops. This is a typical "sea breeze". It starts shortly after sunrise on the coast and gradually pushes inland as the day proceeds, typically reaching the City by mid to late morning and the Western Suburbs by early to mid afternoon. Frequently, a strong offsea gale develops from the South, bringing a rapid fall in temperature, and sometimes a short, violent rain/hail storm. On hot afternoons in the late nineteenth century, before the days of radio, the Sydney Observatory would fly a flag bearing the letters "JB" to indicate that the Southerly Buster had reached Jervis Bay, about 150 km to the South as the crow flies, and Henry Lawson even wrote a poem on the subject.

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1. southerly

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SOUTHERLY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Southerly is ranked #73666 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Southerly surname appeared 263 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Southerly.
   
   93.5% or 246 total occurrences were White.
   4.9% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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How to pronounce southerly?

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How to say southerly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of southerly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of southerly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of southerly in a Sentence

1. Van Dam:

   The strong southerly flow from the jet stream could have brought it from an active volcano in southwest Colima, Mexico. But if we go farther west towards eastern Russia, there's another active volcano there.

2. The Malaysian report:

   The analysis showed the aircraft changed course shortly after it passed the northern tip of Sumatra (Indonesia) and travelled in a southerly direction until it ran out of fuel in the southern Indian Ocean west of Australia.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=southerly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Southerly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=southerly
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southerly
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southerly
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=southerly
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=southerly