FICN19 CWIS 221645 ICE FORECASTS FOR THE GREAT LAKES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12:00 P.M. EST THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2024 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 12:00 P.M. FRIDAY. WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. OPEN WATER EXCEPT 7 TENTHS NEW LAKE ICE INCLUDING 2 TENTHS THIN LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORES. CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE IN BLACK BAY AND NIPIGON BAY. CONSOLIDATED MEDIUM LAKE ICE IN CHEQUAMEGON BAY AND EASTERN THUNDER BAY. EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. OPEN WATER. WHITEFISH BAY. 2 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE EXCEPT CONSOLIDATED MEDIUM LAKE ICE IN MOST BAYS. NORTHERN LAKE HURON. OPEN WATER EXCEPT 2 TENTHS NEW LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORES. 8 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORES IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION. CONSOLIDATED MEDIUM LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORES IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION. SOUTHERN LAKE HURON. OPEN WATER EXCEPT 1 TENTH MEDIUM LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORES. 6 TENTHS THIN LAKE ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH MEDIUM LAKE ICE IN SAGINAW BAY. NORTH CHANNEL. 7 TENTHS THIN LAKE ICE INCLUDING 2 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE EXCEPT CONSOLIDATED MEDIUM LAKE ICE IN THE EXTREME EASTERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS. NORTHERN GEORGIAN BAY. OPEN WATER EXCEPT 9 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN SHORE. CONSOLIDATED MEDIUM LAKE ICE ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN SHORE. SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY. OPEN WATER EXCEPT 9 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE EASTERN SHORE. CONSOLIDATED MEDIUM LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE EASTERN SHORE. LAKE ST. CLAIR. OPEN WATER EXCEPT CONSOLIDATED THIN LAKE ICE ALONG THE SHORE IN THE NORTHEASTERN SECTION. EASTERN LAKE ERIE. OPEN WATER EXCEPT 2 TENTHS NEW LAKE ICE NEAR LONG POINT BAY. WESTERN LAKE ERIE. OPEN WATER. EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO. OPEN WATER EXCEPT CONSOLIDATED ROTTEN MEDIUM LAKE ICE IN THE BAY OF QUINTE AND IN A FEW SHELTERED BAYS IN THE NORTHEASTERN SECTION. WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO. OPEN WATER. SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. OPEN WATER. NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. OPEN WATER EXCEPT 9 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE ALONG THE NORTHERN SHORE. CONSOLIDATED MEDIUM LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORE. GREEN BAY. 9 TENTHS NEW LAKE ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH MEDIUM LAKE ICE EXCEPT 9 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE SOUTH AND EAST OF CHAMBERS ISLAND. CONSOLIDATED MEDIUM LAKE ICE IN BAYS DE NOC. THE LAKE MICHIGAN ICE DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE U.S. NATIONAL ICE CENTER. END