HIGH: 86
LOW: 63
* The dry air warms quickly in Thursday’s uninterrupted sunshine. A few cottony fairweather clouds develop.
* The extremely light wind regime in place allows light easterly lake breezes to surge ashore 4 to 12 m.p.h. later this morning and afternoon.
* Afternoon highs range from the low 80s within a mile of the lakeshore to the upper 80s at the warmest inland locations.
* Fair at night, a bit warmer and hazier. Patches of ground fog possible in cooler inland locations.
AUG. 13 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 82(degrees)/63(degrees)
Record high: 98(degrees) (1944)
Record low: 51(degrees) (2004)
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