I can't remember seeing a large storms come from anywhere but the west or northwest. I assume it has something to do with that large body of water called the Pacific Ocean and an artic air stream coming out of the North. At least that's how it always looks on those weather maps. :)

where I live they come rather west or southwest or northwest in summer.if they are thunderstorms.

If it is winter snow storms come northerly or northeast

Provo, Utah - in the Summer, usually the south west out of the Pacific in the Baja area. In the Winter, they come from the Northwest, Seattle direction.

On a micro level, in the summer it almost always rains from the East. What I mean is that storms approach us from off the lake to the west of us or from the south entrance to the valley. However, unless it is a big storm, it almost always passes over (sprinkling sometimes) and hits the mountains on the east of us. Then, through orographic lifting, compresses and if heavy enough to not pass over the mountains, will slide down from the East mountains and rain on us.

Usually Winter and spring storms are from the west. Monsoon weather comes to us from the South and East. All of the storms tend to come down off the mountains

Storms generally arrive from the northwest, Gulf of Alaska, but occasionally come up from tropical regions, from the southwest. I know this because I watched the sky as a kid, and later knowledge was reinforced by satillite pics.

north

north

Storms generally arrive from the north/northwest area. I live on the downslope of the continental divide.

In the spring and fall they come from the southwest. In the summer and winter they come from the west and the worst come from the northwest. Although it seems the wetter storms come from the southwest. A review of climatological information gathered at the local library is a good source.

West-southwest

West.
Sometimes from the South thanks to those Texans.
Never from the East.
Extemely rarely from the North.

Er, sorry, southwest--like I said, up with the gulf stream

TYPICALLY the northeast and the southeast--up from the gulf stream and down from the arctic, and across water rather than land.

West.

I know because I see them. And the prevailing winds here are from the west; sometimes northwest, sometimes southwest.

South of England. Storms usually come from the South West. Up the English Channel from the Atlantic.

I wonder if there is historical weather records -- whether the weather scientists keep this kind of info acessible? Where do you go to get historical (say the last 10 years) weather data?

It's generally from the south-west here in Massachusetts,
but the worst non-hurricane storms are nor'easters.

West.

How? Pay attention! Or look up historical weather on intellicast.com.

Mostly from the northwest, but sometime from the west or south.

1. Use your eyes, dammit
2. Ask the local glass-replacement folks or windscreen replacers who get called out afterwards
3. Weather bureau website or by phone
4. Ask a cab driver - they know EVERYTHING

Here, the south and west. Most people here think it's the north but it's not true; our jet stream pulls northern weather down and across our part of the state, from the west. The south brings us all of that wonderful tropical rain and heat, although we get some Midwest heat every so often. Canadian cold drops down every so often to make things fun (in the summer) or hard (in the winter).

From the south east.(Hurricane Bull's eye)