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Lake and Land Breezes
I live at the north end of

Lake St. Clair and notice this

phenomenon boating quite a lot, Stfooucfllkpilaninrgtesa Most repairs
but didn’t know what was hap- done the
pening. We actually thought we same day
were crazy.... we’d leave Bou-

vier Bay in the afternoon, take a Authorized Service Center
long boat ride down to Detroit or

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“against the waves” the whole

ride....wind blows from the south

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now coming from the north? How

unlucky could we be??... this hap-

pened, again and again. So, at night on our boat ride home, there

Well, I just found out we are not that must also be no cloud cover, allowing the
unlucky! It’s natural. Certain weather must land along the shore to cool down rapidly to
exist for this phenomenon to occur. First, as many as 10 degrees below lake temper-
it must be a big clear sunny day for a lake ature. The relatively
breeze to fully develop....usually the type
of day we pick to take a 40 mile cruise! No warmer air over the fifIsraPnhivWaaedeernbdidroiadltaauofnhsogyna&ref2dprdaaobealto6mrhowfn0aebregtCiboessehkawa,anotstldiii!hsrtnfheeofprsJyret.ounwrmniaoe
clouds allow the temperature of the land to water rises, suck-
ing the cooler air
rise fast, out from over the
increas- land. An offshore
ing by land breeze is al-
as much ways much weaker
as 20 than an onshore sea
degrees breeze and usually

o v e r peaks just before
the lake dawn.
tem-
If you go to
p e r a - the beach, or to the
ture. As ocean, you’ll notice
the air the same effect.
over the
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gets clear sunny day, the
hot and winds will slowly
rises it shift so the breeze
starts blowing on
p u l l s to shore. So, if you
in cooler air from over the water. The on- own a smaller boat
shore lake breeze starts blowing in the and plan on a big
late morning, building to full-strength by trip, you now have a
mid afternoon. The hotter the air tempera- great reason to go on
ture on shore, the more suction of the air a cloudy day!
over the water onto the land...hence, an

onshore sea breeze.

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