FQCN19 CWTO 221526 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 THURSDAY 22 MAY 2025 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. 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. WIND LIGHT BECOMING NORTH 10 KNOTS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND LIGHT FRIDAY. NORTH CHANNEL. WIND NORTHEAST 15 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTH 10 THIS AFTERNOON THEN BACKING TO NORTHWEST 10 FRIDAY MORNING. SHOWERS. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING FRIDAY MORNING. LAKE NIPISSING. WIND EAST 15 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO EAST 10 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND LIGHT FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES. LAKE SIMCOE. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KNOTS BACKING TO EAST 20 THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO EAST 15 THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN. LAKE NIPIGON. FORECAST IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE AREA IS MAINLY ICE COVERED. END