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"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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| On Jul 27, 2:12?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
| So what is the water temp in your boating area?
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| For us, 72 F with the temp taken at the bottom of the Lake (40 or so
feet) 1
| mile off Cleveland (the western basin of Lake Erie is a shallow).
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| The water temp will climb to the mid 70's some time in August then begin
to
| start backing down.
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| Check out this psychedelic water temp map.... :-)
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| http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/
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| Those colors are pretty intense by any standard.
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| We're a bit colder in Puget Sound than offshore in the North Pacific.
| Less direct influence from the tropical currents. Water temperature
| most of the year is in the high-40's to low-50's.

Awesome. That's cold enough to keep beer chilled.
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