And appears to be moving in a northwesterly direction .

看起来正在向西北方向移动.

A northwesterly gale was blowing when daylight came on the twenty-seventh .

27日黎明时分，正刮着西北风。

Northwesterly winds prevailed over the coast of guangdong .

广东沿岸吹西北风.

Typhoon chanthu made landfall today near zhanjiang city in the southeastern province of guangdong , after sweeping across the south china sea in a northwesterly direction , according to a map posted on the website of the hong kong observatory at 2 p.m.local time .

根据香港气象台当地时间下午两点发布的卫星云图显示，台风“灿都”从西北方向横扫中国南海后，今天接近广东省湛江市。

Warnings of gale force northwesterly winds with gusts exceeding 50 knots , turbulence and thunderstorms issued by the amo were effective at the time of the accident .

机场气象所发出了有关西北烈风及阵风超过每小时50海里的警告。此外，湍流及雷暴警报亦正生效。