Summer is officially underway, but for a lot of Wisconsin communities the lingering effects of a brutally cold winter are still being felt. National Weather Service meteorologist Gene Brusky says the extremely rare near total freeze over of the Great Lakes this winter has left Lake Michigan ten degrees colder than it usually is this time of year. Brusky says its still having an impact on out weather. “With an easterly flow over Lake Michigan that will tend to keep temperatures a little bit cooler. You may see more frequent lake breezes forming and moving inland. That lake breeze is moist and cool and you can get more frequent fog or low clouds during those moist summer days,” Brusky told AM 1170 WFDL’s Between the Lines program. Brusky says its going to take some time to get back to normal. The lower temperature of Lake Michigan also affecs the strategies of commercial fishing operations and sport fishing.
