FICN19 CWIS 091700 Ice forecasts for the Great Lakes issued by Environment Canada at 12:00 p.m. EST Friday 9 December 2011 for today tonight and Saturday. The next scheduled forecasts will be issued at 12:00 p.m. Saturday. Lake Superior. Ice free except 9 tenths of thin lake ice in Black Bay and 5 tenths of new lake ice along portions of the shores in Nipigon Bay, Thunder Bay and Chequamegon Bay. Whitefish Bay. Open water except 2 tenths of new lake ice along the shore. Lake Huron. Ice free. North Channel. Open water. Georgian Bay. Ice free except open water along the northeastern shore including 2 tenths of new lake ice in the bays. Lake St. Clair. Ice free. Lake Erie. Ice free. Lake Ontario. Ice free. Lake Michigan. Ice free except for 3 tenths of new ice including 1 tenth of thin lake ice along the northern shores of the Bays de Noc and along the southwestern shore of Green Bay. The Lake Michigan ice description has been prepared by the U.S. National Ice Center. End