FQCN19 CWTO 170855
RECREATIONAL BOATING FORECASTS FOR LAKE OF THE WOODS LAKE NIPIGON
NORTH CHANNEL LAKE NIPISSING AND LAKE SIMCOE ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. EDT SATURDAY 17 MAY 2025 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:30 A.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 NORTH 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTH 15 NEAR NOON AND TO
 NORTHEAST 10 THIS EVENING. WIND VEERING TO EAST 10 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
 SCATTERED SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING CHANGING TO SCATTERED FLURRIES
 AND ENDING THIS AFTERNOON.

NORTH CHANNEL.
WIND SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 THIS MORNING THEN
 VEERING TO WEST 10 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND VEERING TO NORTH 10 AFTER
 MIDNIGHT THEN BACKING TO NORTHWEST 10 NEAR NOON SUNDAY. SCATTERED
 SHOWERS ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS EVENING.

LAKE NIPISSING.
WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN
 VEERING TO NORTHWEST 10 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND VEERING TO NORTH 10
 SUNDAY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY THIS MORNING AND
 ENDING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS
 EVENING. FOG PATCHES FORMING NEAR NOON AND DISSIPATING SUNDAY
 MORNING.

LAKE SIMCOE.
WIND SOUTH 10 KNOTS VEERING TO WEST 10 LATE THIS MORNING THEN
 INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 SUNDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS ENDING
 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING NEAR NOON.

LAKE NIPIGON.
FORECAST IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE AREA IS MAINLY ICE COVERED.

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