Usually means: Winds blowing from the east.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word easterlies:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. easterlies: Merriam-Webster
  2. easterlies: Collins English Dictionary
  3. easterlies: Vocabulary.com
  4. easterlies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. easterlies: Wiktionary
  6. easterlies: Dictionary.com
  7. Easterlies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. easterlies: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. easterlies: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See easterly as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Easterly)

noun:  (meteorology) Any persistent wind from the east (usually applied to broad currents or belts of easterly winds).
adjective:  Facing the east; directed towards the east.
adjective:  Located towards or in the east.
adjective:  Coming from the east.
adverb:  In an eastward direction or position; towards the east.
adverb:  From the east.
noun:  A surname.
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