At 2:45 in the Martian afternoon, the temperature was 5 degrees Fahrenheit, and there was a weak wind from the northwest.

CNN: Mars' geology 'more like Earth than the moon'

I'm writing this blog from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a cold katabatic wind is blowing off the ice onto the deck of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise.

CNN: The story

So when he bought a second house nearby, he kept the name Maestrale (Italian for northwest wind) even though he would have preferred Kite Dancer in honor of his recent passion for kite-boarding.

WSJ: A House by Any Other Name

The wind turned small wildfires into big problems in some areas, including a blaze in Fillmore about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles that burned two homes and forced the evacuation of 84 homes.

NPR: Windy Spring Storm Sweeps Through Calif., Arizona

The mountains in the state's northwest region roll off the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains, and a maze of mountains and valleys funnel the wind into extreme speeds by the time they pass over ridge crests and mountain tops of the Guadalupe and Davis mountains.

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