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 
           
 
            Climates values + 10K 
             
 
            Climate values + 13K
 
            Climate values + 20K