Freshwater Fury: Great Lakes Waterspouts, Wind

The operations floor is abuzz at AccuWeather.com today regarding what we're referring to as a "Freshwater Fury" storm (in this case, a tamer version of the 1913 namesake). This season's first winter-like storm will move over the Great Lakes on Monday and bring high winds and waves to Lakes, high winds to the Northeast, and maybe even snowflakes to the Midwest.

Joe Bastardi also is mentioning waterspouts on the Great Lakes and I would assume those high winds could drive the water up on Lake Erie creating a seiche (something I have talked about before). He also points out that much of the fall foliage could be stripped from the trees by this storm.

One of our news articles says: "The winds will also rapidly push wave heights up to 12 to 15 feet on parts of Lakes Michigan and Erie and over 20 feet on parts of Lake Superior. It is not entirely out of the question for some people who live in the Upper Midwest to see the first flakes of snow since late last winter sometime from tonight to Tuesday night."

AccuWeather.com Professional's Joe Bastardi [BIO] (PRO USERS READ NOW | 30-DAY FREE TRIAL) said in his blog last night: