Clear skies over the Great Lakes
NOAA-20’s afternoon path on 21 July 2022 (here, from this site) allowed for a complete view of the Great Lakes, as shown here, and mostly clear skies meant that ACSPO Lake Surface Temperatures were produced; these are here, and also included in the animation above that also includes mid-lake buoy observations. Lake Superior is still quite chilly — surface temperatures over a large part of the lake hover near 40o F! These surface temperature are below normal (link, from this site) Warmest Great Lakes temperatures are (as is also typical) over western Lake Erie, where values are in the low 80s (oF).
