From what direction does the prevailing wind blow in a Northeaster?

Factual Questions
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From what direction does the prevailing wind blow in a Northeaster?

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North East

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OK, so just to make sure I’ve got it, the wind blows from the northeast towards the southwest?

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Hence the name.

5

Thanks, I was worried it might be called Northeaster because wind moved southwest to northeast.

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Winds are named for the direction they come from, not the direction they’re going in.

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Meteorological phenomena named for some variation of a cardinal compass direction are named for the direction from whence they come, and not for where they’re going. A “westerly flow” is flowing from the west.

I think this rule is pretty consistent. Certainly, that’s what I’ve observed working with meteorologists. They’re usually interested in what’s happening “upwind”… the weather 100 miles upwind right now is the weather here in a couple of hours.

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it is a rotating storm which winds going onto the land comes from the northeast.

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… And they call the wind Mariah.