The wind shifts from south-west to west, as shown. What is that change called?
A compass rose with two wind arrows blowing in towards the centre. Arrow 1, the wind at first, blows from the south-west. Arrow 2, the wind later, blows from the west.
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Veering. A wind that shifts clockwise, for example from south-west to west to north-west, is veering. A wind that shifts anticlockwise, from west to south-west to south, is backing.
