Tristan Meyers, 14 Feb 2016, 5:16 AM UTC
Another bout of heat for Perth
Another bout of heat for Perth
Perth has finally cooled down to about average summer levels over the last few days, and is on track to heat up to a balmy 32 degrees today.
However, the heat will make a return from the start of the working week, when temperatures will rise to the mid-to-high 30's across city. On Tuesday, Perth has the potential to reach 40 degrees.
This may be the eighth day this summer that the metro area has reach 40 degrees or above. Previously, the record for summer was six days, most recently in 1998.
The Fremantle Doctor will provide little if any relief during the afternoons - a strong high pressure ridge is making sure of that. Although cooler winds will arrive on Wednesday 17th, it will still be a hot day with a forecast maximum of 36 degrees.
Even as the sun sets, it will still remain quite hot each evening from Monday to Wednesday; the lowest it will ever get is about 21 degrees, most likely just before sunrise. This means that around midnight, it could still be in the mid-to-high 20's.
The hot, dry easterly winds that are bringing this spike in temperatures and preventing seabreezes will bring an increase in fire danger for the Perth region, potentially to very high or severe levels.
From Thursday and towards the weekend, it will be noticeably cooler, but still lingering in the low 30's.
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