FQCN19 CWTO 210918 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 WEDNESDAY 21 AUGUST 2024 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 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. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTH 15 THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTH 15 THURSDAY. SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. LAKE NIPIGON. WIND SOUTH 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO SOUTH 10 THURSDAY MORNING. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH CHANNEL. WIND NORTH 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING WEST 10 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 NEAR NOON THURSDAY. LAKE NIPISSING. WIND NORTH 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 THURSDAY EVENING. LAKE SIMCOE. WIND NORTH 15 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTH 10 EARLY THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 NEAR NOON. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT THURSDAY EVENING. END