Read the dictionary definition of southerly. All definitions for this word.
1. a wind from the south
2. from the south; used especially of wind
1. a hot southerly wind
2. southern breezes
3. the winds are southerly
3. situated in or oriented toward the south
1. a southern exposure
2. took a southerly course
4. from the south
1. a wind blew southerly
5. toward the south
1. the ship turned southerly