And appears to be moving in a northwesterly direction .
看起来正在向西北方向移动.
A northwesterly gale was blowing when daylight came on the twenty-seventh .
27日黎明时分，正刮着西北风。
Northwesterly winds prevailed over the coast of guangdong .
广东沿岸吹西北风.
Typhoon chanthu made landfall today near zhanjiang city in the southeastern province of guangdong , after sweeping across the south china sea in a northwesterly direction , according to a map posted on the website of the hong kong observatory at 2 p.m.local time .
Warnings of gale force northwesterly winds with gusts exceeding 50 knots , turbulence and thunderstorms issued by the amo were effective at the time of the accident .
