LUDINGTON, Mich. (WOOD) — Experts gathered in Ludington Wednesday to answer questions and spread awareness about the record and near-record water levels on the Great Lakes.
Lead Great Lakes Levels Forecast Supervisor Keith Kompoltowicz of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said to expect very high and record levels for the next six months and even into 2020.
Already, some of the daily Lake Michigan levels this month have exceeded the monthly mean record high from 1986. Kompoltowicz says it is likely this June will go down in the history books as the highest June water level on record.
The month is expected to fall short of the all-time record monthly high of 582.35 feet set in October of 1986, but Kompoltowicz says shattering the record this year is not out of the question.
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