A north wind
A) is blowing to the north.
B) is blowing to the south.
C) is always a cold wind on Earth.
D) can mean any of the above because of the lack of precise wind terms.
E) is blowing from the east to the north.

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A north wind is blowing to the south. In meteorology, winds are named based on the direction they are coming from, not the direction they are going towards. Therefore, a north wind is blowing from the north, towards the south.

A North Wind