The correct answer is B) the wind direction is generally easterly. In the Northern Hemisphere, when a high pressure system is centered north of your vessel, the winds will generally be from the east or northeast. This is because the air circulates clockwise around a high pressure system in the Northern Hemisphere. The easterly wind direction is a result of this clockwise air circulation pattern around the high pressure system to the north. The other answer choices are incorrect because: A) the winds would be from the east/northeast, not the southwest; C) the wind speed is not necessarily brisk, just easterly; and D) the weather is typically cool and dry, not hot and moist, under a high pressure system.