Great Lakes Climate and Lake Levels Update and Outlook - April 2020
Channel: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Date: 14/04/2020

The five Great Lakes are currently near or exceeding record levels due to an abundance of precipitation, highlighted by rainfall and snow melt.  Impacts from these levels are widespread and present a number of challenges to those in and around the basin.

The NOAA Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Team shares information on the following:

- The conditions that contributed to the high water levels
- The climate outlook from 2 weeks through the next season
- Some of the impacts from high lake levels
- The typical watches and warnings that may occur around the Lakes due to high levels
- An outlook for the lake levels themselves

Panelists include:  

Doug Kluck - NOAA Central Regional Climate Services Director 
Jeff Andreson - Michigan State Climatologist 
John Allis - Army Corps of Engineers 
Brandon Krumweide - NOAA NOS office for Coastal Management.
Gary Garnet - NOAA National Weather Service