FQCN19 CWTO 212055 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 WEDNESDAY 21 AUGUST 2024 FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. EDT THURSDAY. 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 THEN DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 10 THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. LAKE NIPIGON. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND SOUTH 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO SOUTH 10 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND TO SOUTH 20 THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS THURSDAY EVENING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. NORTH CHANNEL. WIND SOUTHWEST 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING 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 NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 10 THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT THURSDAY EVENING. END