Arthur Riley of Kalamazoo has a fond memory from Charlevoix, where he lived years ago. He said winters Up North started out snowy and gray. “But then the
Will climate change make SW Michigan cloudier?
Southwest Michigan is not known for its brilliant blue winter skies. And Arthur’s wondering if we might see even less sun in the future if climate change warms up Lake Michigan, and ramps up the lake effect.
“Are we going to have even more clouds and more cloudy days, more rain, more snow?”
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Arthur and I asked a couple of experts. We learned global warming is having an effect on the lake and that in turn could change the weather inland. How things change in the long term depends on how warm it gets.