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Warming Lake Michigan could be shifting Wisconsinâs weather
About halfway between Racine and Holland, Michigan, sensors keep close tabs on the temperature of Lake Michigan at a depth of 492 feet. For 30 years, those sensors have reported back almost hourly.
and last updated 2021-05-17 23:38:32-04
About halfway between Racine and Holland, Michigan, sensors keep close tabs on the temperature of Lake Michigan at a depth of 492 feet.
For 30 years, those sensors have reported back almost hourly.
What they say is the depths of Lake Michigan are warming and the annual turnover of the lake from warm to cold is changing.
Warming waters could spell trouble for Lake Michigan
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MADISON (WKOW) Warming waters may soon have profound impacts on Lake Michigan, according to a new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).
The study was published in mid-March after researchers with NOAA analyzed 30 years of data.
The information comes from a buoy that sits in-between Wisconsin and Michigan, towards the southern end of the lake.
A cable is attached to this buoy and stretches around 500 feet deep, equipped with sensors that measure temperatures at different depths. This thermistor string has been in Lake Michigan since 1990, measuring temperatures every hour for the last 30 years.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist Mike McCormick, co-author of a study on Lake Michigan’s deep water temperatures, stands on an instrument buoy in southern Lake Michigan. Image: NOAA GLERL
By Brandon Chew
The Great Lakes region should expect shorter winters, according to a long-term deep water temperature study of Lake Michigan by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
The agency has a cable with multiple temperature sensors attached to a buoy in Lake Michigan. It stretches nearly 500 feet to the bottom of the lake. The device, known as a thermistor string, has been recording subsurface water temperatures since 1990.
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