FQCN19 CWTO 290855 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 THURSDAY 29 AUGUST 2024 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. 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 SOUTHEAST 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 15 EARLY THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO WEST 15 TO 20 THIS EVENING. WIND WEST 15 TO 20 FRIDAY. SHOWERS OR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. LAKE NIPIGON. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND SOUTHEAST 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 THIS MORNING AND TO SOUTH 20 EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND VEERING TO WEST 15 TO 20 FRIDAY MORNING. SHOWERS OVERNIGHT WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. NORTH CHANNEL. WIND EAST 15 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO SOUTHEAST 10 NEAR NOON THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND VEERING TO SOUTH 15 FRIDAY MORNING THEN TO WEST 15 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS FRIDAY WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. LAKE NIPISSING. WIND EAST 15 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO EAST 10 THIS MORNING THEN VEERING TO SOUTHEAST 10 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND VEERING TO SOUTH 10 FRIDAY MORNING. SHOWERS FRIDAY EVENING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. LAKE SIMCOE. WIND EAST 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 THIS EVENING. WIND VEERING TO SOUTH 10 NEAR NOON FRIDAY THEN INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS FRIDAY EVENING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. END