FQCN19 CWTO 162055 RECREATIONAL BOATING FORECASTS FOR LAKE OF THE WOODS LAKE NIPIGON NORTH CHANNEL LAKE NIPISSING AND LAKE SIMCOE ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 P.M. EDT FRIDAY 16 MAY 2025 FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. EDT SATURDAY. 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 NORTH 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO NORTH 20 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO NORTH 15 NEAR NOON SATURDAY. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTHEAST 10 SATURDAY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS CHANGING TO SCATTERED FLURRIES NEAR NOON SATURDAY. FOG PATCHES FORMING THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATING LATE OVERNIGHT. NORTH CHANNEL. WIND SOUTHEAST 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO EAST 15 THIS EVENING THEN VEERING 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 FORMING NEAR NOON SATURDAY. LAKE SIMCOE. WIND SOUTHWEST 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING SOUTH 10 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 10 SATURDAY MORNING THEN INCREASING TO WEST 15 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. FOG PATCHES FORMING LATE OVERNIGHT AND DISSIPATING NEAR NOON SATURDAY. LAKE NIPIGON. FORECAST IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE AREA IS MAINLY ICE COVERED. END