veering

(meteorology) In international usage, a change in wind direction in a clockwise sense (for example, south to southwest to west) in either hemisphere of the earth. According to widespread usage among United States meteorologists, a change in wind direction in a clockwise sense in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Of winds in the Northern Hemisphere, changing direction in a clockwise motion e.g. from westerly to northerly. The converse applies in the Southern Hemisphere. See backing.