A Simulation of Lake Michigan's Winter Land Breeze on 7 November 1978

TLDR: In this article, a two-dimensional mesometerological model was used to simulate the summer air circulation in the area between the eastern Mediterranean waters and the Golan Heights involving en route Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee).

Abstract: A two-dimensional mesometerological model was originally constructed by Alpert et a.. to simulate the summer air circulation in the area between the eastern Mediterranean waters and the Golan Heights involving en route Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee). In this study the same model is applied to the case of the nocturnal circulation across southern Lake Michigan. The case simulated is for a wintry day in November 1978, the data for which were documented in a recent article by Passarelli and Braham. The results of the simulation are very encouraging. Particular mention should be made of the fact that the predicted location of the maximum upward velocities close to the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan and the associated lake-breeze front at the convergence zone of the lake breezes of the opposite shores are well predicted by the model. The observed land-breeze front was accompanied by the development of snow bands. The main purpose of this study is to demonstrate that a computationally inexpensive...