FQCN13 CWTO 182325
MARINE FORECASTS FOR THE CANADIAN PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THE
ONTARIO PORTION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 6:30 P.M. EST WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2026 FOR TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 3:00 A.M. EST THURSDAY.

FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE.

WINDS ARE FOR OFFSHORE AREAS. NEARSHORE WINDS MAY VARY CONSIDERABLY
DUE TO SHORELINE EFFECTS.

WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND EAST 35 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO EAST 30 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN BACKING
 TO NORTHEAST 30 NEAR NOON THURSDAY. WIND VEERING TO EAST 25 THURSDAY
 EVENING. SNOW. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN SNOW.

EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND EAST 35 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO EAST 30 THIS EVENING THEN VEERING
 TO SOUTHEAST 30 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WITH A RISK OF FREEZING
 DRIZZLE CHANGING TO SCATTERED FLURRIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
 VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN SNOW.

WHITEFISH BAY.
WIND SOUTHEAST 25 KNOTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SNOW CHANGING TO
 SCATTERED FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT AND
 THURSDAY. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN SNOW.

NORTHERN LAKE HURON.
WIND EAST 25 KNOTS TONIGHT. WIND EAST 20 THURSDAY. SCATTERED FLURRIES
 ENDING THURSDAY MORNING WITH A RISK OF FREEZING DRIZZLE.

SOUTHERN LAKE HURON.
WIND EAST 20 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTHEAST 15 THIS EVENING THEN BACKING
 TO EAST 15 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG PATCHES
 ENDING THURSDAY MORNING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS
 EVENING AND A RISK OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
 THURSDAY EVENING.

GEORGIAN BAY.
WIND EAST 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO EAST 15 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND EAST 15
 THURSDAY. SNOW THIS EVENING WITH A RISK OF FREEZING RAIN. SCATTERED
 FLURRIES OVERNIGHT WITH A RISK OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. VISIBILITY 1
 MILE OR LESS IN SNOW.

LAKE ST. CLAIR.
WIND EAST 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO EAST 15 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
 SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVENING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS.
 SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A RISK OF
 THUNDERSTORMS. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

WESTERN LAKE ERIE.
WIND SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS EXCEPT EAST 15 OVER NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS.
 WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO NORTHEAST
 20 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVENING WITH A RISK OF
 THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
 A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. FOG PATCHES.

EASTERN LAKE ERIE.
WIND NORTHEAST 15 KNOTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. PERIODS OF DRIZZLE
 ENDING OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY EVENING. FOG PATCHES
 DISSIPATING NEAR NOON THURSDAY.

WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO.
WIND NORTHEAST 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHEAST 20 LATE OVERNIGHT.
 WIND NORTHEAST 20 THURSDAY. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR PERIODS OF
 FREEZING DRIZZLE ENDING OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG
 PATCHES THURSDAY EVENING.

EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO.
WIND NORTHEAST 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHEAST 15 LATE OVERNIGHT
 THEN VEERING TO EAST 15 THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING
 WITH A RISK OF FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO SCATTERED FLURRIES OR
 PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND ENDING OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF DRIZZLE
 AND FOG PATCHES THURSDAY EVENING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN SNOW
 AND IN FOG PATCHES.

KINGSTON TO CORNWALL.
FORECASTS HAVE ENDED FOR THE SEASON.

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