Surface Winds
The following four panels show the 2000 UTC (1500 LST) 10 m winds (knots)
for increasing values of lake surface temperature. As the strength of lake
breezes decreases with decreasing land-lake temperature difference, deviations
in wind direction from west-southwesterly become less significant. In the
absence of lake breezes (+20K case), winds over most of southwestern Ontario
are similar to those in Michigan. Note also the significant increase in
wind speed over Lake Huron and western Lake Erie.
Lake surface temperature climate values
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