FICN19 CWIS 131700 Ice forecasts for the Great Lakes issued by Environment Canada at 12:00 p.m. EST Tuesday 13 December 2011 for today tonight and Wednesday. The next scheduled forecasts will be issued at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday. 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 except 3 tenths of new lake ice in Saginaw Bay. North Channel. Open water except 1 tenth of new lake ice in the bays. 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 9 tenths of thin ice along the northern shores of the Bays de Noc. 5 tenths of thin lake ice along the southern shores of Green Bay. The Lake Michigan ice description has been prepared by the U.S. National Ice Center. End