Strong west winds made a churned up Lake Michigan scene along Michigan’s shoreline. Here’s what it looked like while you were staying out of the wind.
With the wind blowing from the west-southwest, the biggest waves built up along the Lake Michigan shoreline from South Haven northward to Frankfort.
Keirsun Scott, from Stormcloud Brewing Company in Frankfort, caught the fury of Lake Michigan.
Waves were predicted to be as high as 16 feet. While many of the Great Lakes buoys have already been removed from the lake for the winter, a few buoys are still in the water. The Muskegon buoy, just a few miles offshore, recorded a wave over 16 feet yesterday, October 22, 2019.
Although there was some missing data, you can see the 16.4 foot wave recorded around 2 p.m. October 22, 2019. (NOAA)
Here’s another angle of the waves as they got higher on Lake Michigan at the Frankfort Lighthouse.
Yes there is a pier there, but it’s underwater all the time in the videos above. The combination of high lake levels and 24 hours of strong westerly winds pushed more water to the east side of Lake Michigan. The water level was over the pier.
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