FQCN19 CWTO 161525 RECREATIONAL BOATING FORECASTS FOR LAKE OF THE WOODS LAKE NIPIGON NORTH CHANNEL LAKE NIPISSING AND LAKE SIMCOE ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:30 A.M. EDT FRIDAY 16 MAY 2025 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 P.M. EDT. FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE. WINDS ARE FOR MID LAKE. NEARSHORE WINDS MAY VARY CONSIDERABLY DUE TO SHORELINE EFFECTS. NOTE..THE RECREATIONAL BOATING FORECAST PROGRAM IS ACTIVE FROM MAY 01 TO NOVEMBER 30. LAKE OF THE WOODS. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT BECOMING NORTH 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO NORTH 20 THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTH 15 NEAR NOON SATURDAY AND TO NORTHEAST 10 SATURDAY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS CHANGING TO SCATTERED FLURRIES NEAR NOON SATURDAY. FOG PATCHES FORMING THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATING OVERNIGHT. NORTH CHANNEL. WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 15 SATURDAY MORNING THEN TO WEST 15 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. LAKE NIPISSING. WIND SOUTHWEST 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 10 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. SHOWERS SATURDAY WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES REFORMING NEAR NOON SATURDAY. LAKE SIMCOE. WIND SOUTHWEST 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING SOUTH 10 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND VEERING TO WEST 10 NEAR NOON SATURDAY THEN INCREASING TO WEST 15 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. FOG PATCHES FORMING OVERNIGHT AND DISSIPATING NEAR NOON SATURDAY. LAKE NIPIGON. FORECAST IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE AREA IS MAINLY ICE COVERED. END