Weekly Great Lakes Water Levels for July 21, 2006

By admin at Thu, 2006-07-27 21:28 | | Illinois Fishing News

Water levels on Lakes Superior and Michigan-Huron are 4 and 2 inches, respectively, below the levels of a year ago.  Lake St. Clair is at last year’s water level, while Lakes Erie and Ontario are both 3 inches above 2005 levels.  The water level in Lake Superior is expected to increase an inch in the next month while Lake Michigan-Huron is near its seasonal peak and is predicted to fall 1 inch.  Lakes St. Clair, Erie and Ontario are forecasted to fall 2 to 5 inches over the next month.  Over the next few months, all of the Great Lakes are predicted to remain at or approach water levels similar to 2005.