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Hello Ted, Inland lakes like Lake Michigan, are feed by underground springs which are quite cool, but the amount of solar radiation certainly contributes greatly to the water temperature especially the
Hello Steve, The National Weather Service uses primarily numerical weather prediction developed in the 1950's and is continually being updated and perfected. Past historical weather is used mostly in
Hello Bianca, The Highs and Lows you see on the weather maps are areas where the barometric pressure is either higher or lower than the surrounding regions. Highs are the "mountains" of air circulating
Hello Jessica, Sinking air warms when going over a mountain range for example, because the air has lost it's precipitation if it had any, and is compressed on the leeward side of the mountains. Thunderstorm
Hello phyllis, Barometers measure air pressure which is the weight of a column of air from the surface to several thousand feet straight up in the atmosphere. The reading on a barometer is less important
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