by Kevin Zimmermann
(WHBL) – Those living and working along the Lake Michigan shoreline are breathing just a little easier as the monthly average water level was about three quarters of a foot below last year’s October record. The Army Corps of Engineers and the National Weather Service report that this marks two consecutive months below records set last year at this time and, by the end of this month, it should be down another 4 inches.
In a typical year, water levels gradually decline during the winter and then level off during the spring snow melt. Despite the declines, levels will still be high enough to threaten shoreline erosion during strong winter storms, however the chances of flooding along the Sheboygan Riverfront should continue to recede.
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