Colon is exposed to northers, and protection against the heavy sea which then rolls in will have to be provided.
"The Panama Canal and its Makers"
Vaughan Cornish
These are known in Cuba, as they are in Texas, as "northers."
"Cuba, Old and New"
Albert Gardner Robinson
In winter we faced cold northers many mornings, and in the afternoons, we often faced strong southwesterly winds on our way home.
"The-Life-of-Me-an-autobiography"
Johnson, Clarence Edgar