northeaster
- n a storm blowing from the northeast
- s situated in or oriented toward the northeast
the northeasterly part of the island - s coming from the northeast
northeasterly winds
- The northeaster smote hardest along the New Jersey shore on a Sunday.
- An icy northeaster rattled the windows of the statehouse in Augusta while legislators last week considered an issue that was potentially more stormy: imposition of the strongest .
- The first day off Montauk the Seven Bells ran into a sea piling up under a northeaster.