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- CLEVELAND — The brutal winter storm battering Ohio brought along a rare weather phenomenon for Lake Erie. Wind blowing in from West to East has caused a seiche — where water lowers in one end of the lake and raises in the other, creating a standing wave that resembles water sloshing in a bathtub.
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Feb 5, 2024 · Powerful wind gusts of up to 65 miles per hour battered northern Ohio in mid-January, pushing shallow water out farther into Lake Erie and revealing portions of the lake bed.
- Lake Erie residents may experience rare 'seiche' from ... - Yahoo
A seiche occurs when wind forces water across a lake,...
- Lake Erie residents may experience rare 'seiche' from ... - Yahoo
Jan 15, 2024 · Lake Erie is susceptible to this phenomenon, which is known as a seiche. It occurs when strong winds and pressure changes cause the water to move from one end of the lake to the other.
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Jan 16, 2024 · Lake Erie rose about 4.5-feet in Buffalo on Saturday, Jan. 13 when a blizzard that swept across the upper Midwest caused a tidal-like phenomenon called a seiche. The water came from Toledo,...
Dec 24, 2022 · CLEVELAND — The brutal winter storm battering Ohio brought along a rare weather phenomenon for Lake Erie. Wind blowing in from West to East has caused a seiche — where water lowers in one end of the lake and raises in the other, creating a standing wave that resembles water sloshing in a bathtub.
It wasn’t the biggest “standing wave” that ever rolled across Lake Erie from Toledo to Buffalo. But the recent seiche that was born from strong winds and rapid changes in atmospheric pressure was powerful enough to land about seventh on the list of all-time recorded events of its kind on the lake.
Jan 12, 2024 · A seiche occurs when wind forces water across a lake, creating high water on one end and low water on the other. (NOAA) For Lake Erie, the largest seiches occur when high winds blow from...
Dec 24, 2022 · Lake Erie is known for experiencing seiches, according to a 2018 cleveland.com article. It happens most often when winds blow from the southwest to the northeast. A major event happened in 1844...
