Cooler Near Lake Michigan

We get quite a lot of days in spring and summer season when it’s noticeably cooler at Lake Michigan. Thursday was instance of that. The wind was west-southwest. The excessive temperature inland at Grand Rapids was 62°. Massive Rapids had a excessive temp. of 63°. On the lake, the excessive temperature was simply 46° on the Muskegon Channel. On the South Haven Channel, the excessive was 50° at 10 pm, when the wind had gone calm. The water temperature on the Port Sheldon Buoy is simply 40.1°. Air coming off that water goes to be cool.

Kalamazoo reached a excessive temperature of 67°. Right here the WSW wind missed Lake Michigan and solely got here off the hotter land. Throughout Lake Michigan, the excessive temperature at Milwaukee and Kenosha, Wisconsin was 70°.

The image above is the Lake Michigan satellite tv for pc picture from Thu. PM. It was clear over Lake Michigan, with some cumulus clouds inland in West Michigan.

Right here’s the Lake Superior satellite tv for pc image from Tuesday 4/19. Lake Superior nonetheless has a 3.9% ice cowl. A lot of that’s in Black, Nipigon and Thunder Bays. You can too see quite a lot of snow left within the U.P. Thursday morning (4/21), Painesdale nonetheless had 37″ of snow on the bottom. Hancock and Herman reported 22″ of snow cowl, Munising was at 15″ and Marquette was down to six″ on the bottom.

The above pic. was Thursday night. Appears to be like like a barge being pulled by way of the Muskegon Channel. Thursday was the primary time in per week we’ve had a day with greater than 50% sunshine and it was solely the 4th day within the final 3 1/2 weeks with greater than 50% sunshine.

This was the South Haven Channel Thursday afternoon. There was one boat within the channel and various individuals strolling up and down the pier and on the seaside. Be aware the water within the channel (the mouth of the Black River) is darker than the water of Lake Michigan, because of sediment within the river water.

It was calmer on the lake on Thursday. The height gust of wind Thursday in Grand Rapids an in Lansing was 34 mph. The height gust on the S. Haven Channel Thursday afternoon was simply 18 mph. It was calmer on the lake as a result of it was cooler. A extra secure layer of air clung to the bottom. Inland, the place it was hotter, the air “combined”. The solar induced air to rise (thermals) and floor air combined with air aloft the place the wind was stronger. That stronger wind combined right down to the bottom. Within the heat season, you’ll typically discover the wind extra brisk in the course of the hotter a part of the day than within the early morning round dawn.

Right here on the Chicago Water Consumption, the excessive temperature Thursday was 66.6°. At Halfway Airport, the excessive temperature was 71°, so the air cooler off about 4 1/2 levels crossing the two.75 miles of water from downtown to the Water Consumption. The height gust of wind on the consumption was 27 mph.

Talking of Chicago…right here’s a pic. of me at O’Hare Airport in Chicago – taken Wed. PM 4/20. Should you look REAL CLOSE – you’ll be able to see approach within the distance the buildings of Chicago simply above the horizon.

My daughter is an worker of American Airways (Envoy, really), so she will be able to get FREE airfare – standby. So, there have been a few empty seats, she had the break day and requested if I wished to go to Chicago…have dinner on the Admiral’s Membership (the place they’ve an awesome view of the planes taking off) and watch the planes, then return to G.R. within the night. It was an superior day and it didn’t value me a dime. We even bought upgraded to top quality on the way in which again to G.R. – so I bought a free O.J. and fruit bar. I bought acknowledged quite a bit and everybody was super-nice.

The obtainable seats have been single seats, so we didn’t sit collectively on the planes. On the way in which to ORD (do you know that stands for “orchard”, as a result of there was an orchard there once they constructed the airport) I sat subsequent to a girl that was going to Greece.

We had a ravishing sundown Thursday night. The times proceed to elongate. At the moment (Fri.) the dawn in G.R. is at 6:49 am and the sundown at 8:33 pm.

There have been fairly a number of sightings of Starlink satellites passing over West Michigan Thursday night.

Additionally, the man who’s automotive bought tipped sideways then uprighted has been given a brand new truck, plus 15K.