FQCN19 CWTO 180855
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 18 JUNE 2026 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.
WIND NORTHWEST 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING
 NORTHWEST 10 FRIDAY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.
 SCATTERED SHOWERS FRIDAY WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS.

LAKE NIPIGON.
WIND LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING THEN
 BECOMING LIGHT FRIDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY WITH A RISK
 OF THUNDERSTORMS. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING.

NORTH CHANNEL.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND NORTHEAST 15 KNOTS BACKING TO NORTHWEST 15 NEAR NOON THEN
 INCREASING TO WEST 20 EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND DIMINISHING TO WEST
 15 FRIDAY MORNING THEN INCREASING TO WEST 20 NEAR NOON FRIDAY. WIND
 DIMINISHING TO WEST 15 FRIDAY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS ENDING THIS
 EVENING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS
 FRIDAY LATE IN THE DAY WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS.

LAKE NIPISSING.
WIND EAST 10 KNOTS BECOMING VARIABLE 10 THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING
 WEST 10 THIS EVENING. WIND INCREASING TO WEST 15 LATE OVERNIGHT.
 WIND WEST 15 FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
 THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LAKE SIMCOE.
STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST 15 EARLY THIS
 MORNING THEN INCREASING TO WEST 20 NEAR NOON. WIND VEERING TO
 NORTHWEST 20 FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO WEST 15 FRIDAY
 EVENING. RAIN CHANGING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS MORNING AND ENDING
 NEAR MIDNIGHT. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING.

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