(a.) Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.

NNW NW NW by N NW by W antarctic arctic austral boreal east eastbound easterly eastermost eastern easternmost hyperborean meridional north north-northwest northbound northeast northeasterly northeastern northerly northern northernmost northwest northwest by north northwest by west northwestern northwestward northwestwardly northwestwards occidental oriental south southbound southeast southeasterly southeastern southerly southern southernmost southwest southwesterly southwestern west westbound westerly western westernmost