2006 water level forecast looks dry for Great Lakes

WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather has a 2006 forecast for the lakes:

Last year, Lake Michigan [and Lake Huron] water levels were eight inches below normal. The forecast for 2006 looks even drier. We have seen dramatic ups and downs with the water levels throughout the years. The levels have been well below normal since the late 1990s. The average levels of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron in 2005 were well below the mean. But even more noteworthy is the forecast for 2006, which falls even further below the average.

Lake levels fluctuate in most part due to natural ebbs and flows in weather patterns or changes in ground water levels.

For 2006 it looks like more sand and lower water levels will be back.