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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Often contracted sou'easter.) A southeasterly [[wind]], particularly a strong wind or [[gale]],  for example, the winter southeast storms of the Bay of San Francisco.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">A specific application to a local wind is the southeaster of Table Bay, South Africa ([[Table  Mountain southeaster]]). When there are dark [[clouds]] over Table Mountain, it is a black southeaster;  when there are no clouds, it is a blind southeaster. <br/>''See'' [[Cape doctor]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Often contracted sou'easter.) A southeasterly [[wind]], particularly a strong wind or [[gale]],  for example, the winter southeast storms of the Bay of San Francisco.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">A specific application to a local wind is the southeaster of Table Bay, South Africa ([[Table Mountain southeaster|Table  Mountain southeaster]]). When there are dark [[clouds]] over Table Mountain, it is a black southeaster;  when there are no clouds, it is a blind southeaster. <br/>''See'' [[Cape doctor]].</div><br/> </div>
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southeaster

(Often contracted sou'easter.) A southeasterly wind, particularly a strong wind or gale, for example, the winter southeast storms of the Bay of San Francisco.

A specific application to a local wind is the southeaster of Table Bay, South Africa (Table Mountain southeaster). When there are dark clouds over Table Mountain, it is a black southeaster; when there are no clouds, it is a blind southeaster.
See Cape doctor.


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