FQCN19 CWTO 082055 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 FRIDAY 8 MAY 2026 FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. EDT SATURDAY. 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. NORTH CHANNEL. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND SOUTH 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING SOUTH 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND VEERING TO WEST 15 SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO WEST 20 SATURDAY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. LAKE NIPISSING. WIND WEST 15 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO LIGHT THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING SOUTH 10 SATURDAY MORNING. WIND VEERING TO WEST 10 SATURDAY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING. SHOWERS SATURDAY. LAKE SIMCOE. WIND WEST 10 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING SOUTH 10 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO WEST 15 SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. LAKE OF THE WOODS LAKE NIPIGON. FORECAST IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE AREA IS MAINLY ICE COVERED. END