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Where has the sea breeze gone? Perth expected to miss out on Fremantle Doctor until Monday
Perth’s sea breeze, colloquially dubbed the Fremantle Doctor, is the hallmark of the city’s scorching summers — providing a cool relief from the blistering afternoon heat.
Key points:
- Perth’s sea breeze stayed away for five consecutive days earlier this year
- Yesterday the breeze failed to make it any further than coastal suburbs
- The Bureau of Meteorology says it’s not likely to return until Monday
But it has been noticeably absent for much of this year.
It stayed away for five consecutive days from January 2-6, for the first time since February 2008, and Perth is expecting another long stretch of days without one.
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) duty forecaster Luke Huntington said after only reaching the coastal suburbs yesterday, it was not…
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