Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced he is renaming Lake Michigan as Lake Illinois and annexing Green Bay in an apparent troll of President Donald Trump.

Lake-wide buoy observations were used for the SWAN model validation. Surface conditions across Lake Michigan were well documented with two offshore buoys (MetOcean buoys operated by the NDBC of NOAA) ...

Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Penn State Nittany Lions (13-7, 3-6 Big Ten) at Michigan Wolverines (14-5, 6-2 Big Ten) Ann Arbor, Michigan; ...

Subzero temperatures, high winds and ice-free Great Lakes combined this past week to increase lake effect snow totals across much of Michigan, the National Weather Service said. Some locations in ...

In 2002, Lake Michigan had 12.4% coverage. In 2012, Lake Huron had 22.8% coverage. In 1998, Lake Erie had 5.4% coverage. In 2012, Lake Ontario had 1.9% coverage.

The north wind roaring down the Lake Michigan shoreline travels faster over water than on land. This makes a speed difference that also helps create the circulation. A waterspout is not a tornado.

LAKE MICHIGAN — The impacts of prolonged, below-zero temperatures and heavy snowfall are visible not only inland but also along Michigan’s scenic shoreline. The extreme weather conditions have ...

The sinkholes in Lake Michigan, ranging from 300 to 600 feet ... to map the lakebeds in high-resolution, as bathymetric maps can only go so far. High-resolution maps of the bottom of the lakes ...

Ice cover on Lake Michigan has been increasing lately after a slow start, and is now nearing the historical average for this time of year. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...