Fred, Some places do get significant lake effect snow. Houghton comes to mind with a 100 year average of 240 inches per year and a record of 396 inches.
Neil Schiller 1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7 (C & C 35, Mark I) "Corsair" BSME Michigan Tech, 1977 Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> wrote: >We don't see much lake effect snow on Superior, as we're upwind of >everything... > >-- Fred > >On Oct 3, 2012, at 2:12 PM, "Neil Andersen" <neil.eric.ander...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> I have heard that there is a call for a greater than usual volume of Lake >> effect snowfall this year due to the higher than usual Lake temperature… >> >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Frederick >> G Street >> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:50 AM >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Great Lakes Water Levels >> >> Speaking just for Lake Superior, we're in a drought situation here right >> now, so inflow is much reduced; but the biggest culprit seems to be the >> warmer than usual winters, which lead to significantly reduced ice cover, >> which in turn leads to greatly increased evaporation. >> >> Fred Street -- Minneapolis >> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( >> >> On Oct 3, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Robert Mazza wrote: >> >> >> OK Stu, here's a dumb question: >> >> If the water is leaving the Upper Great Lakes faster than normal, why isn't >> the level of the Lower Great Lakes rising with all that influx of water? We >> keep our boat in Hamilton, Ontario, and the water level at the fixed docks >> at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club is so low now that I have to sit on my butt >> on the dock with my legs dangling in space before a gingerly lower myself on >> to the deck of Trillium now several feet below dock level. I can't see how >> putting baffles in the St. Clair River is going to improve the water level >> on Lake Ontario. There seems to be something more at work here than water >> flow through the St. Clair River. It probably has to do more with lack of >> snow fall and snow build up in the winter with resulting reduced run off in >> the spring, as well as changes in precipitation generally. Global warming >> (or Climate Change) perhaps? I don't have an answer, but this does seem to >> be a problem facing the whole Great Lakes, not just the Upper Lakes. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >_______________________________________________ >This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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