FICN19 CWIS 171700
Ice forecasts for the Great Lakes issued by Environment Canada at
12:00 p.m. EST Saturday 17 December 2011 for today tonight and
Sunday.
The next scheduled forecasts will be issued at 12:00 p.m. Sunday.

Lake Superior.
Ice free except open water along the shore including 9 plus tenths of
thin lake ice in Black Bay and 6 tenths of thin lake ice in Nipigon
Bay, along the western shore of Thunder Bay and Chequamegon Bay.

Whitefish Bay.
Open water except 7 tenths of new lake ice along portions of the
shore.

Lake Huron.
Ice free except 3 tenths of new lake ice along the shore.

North Channel.
Open water except 7 tenths of new lake ice in the bays.

Georgian Bay.
Ice free except open water along the northeastern shore including 7
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. 3 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.

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