FICN19 CWIS 261700 Ice forecasts for the Great Lakes issued by Environment Canada at 12:00 p.m. EST Monday 26 December 2011 for today tonight and Tuesday. The next scheduled forecasts will be issued at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday. Lake Superior. Open water except 6 tenths of thin lake ice in Black Bay, Nipigon Bay and Chequamegon Bay. Whitefish Bay. Open water except 6 tenths of new lake ice on parts of the southern shore. Lake Huron. Open water except 3 tenths of new lake ice along the shore of Saginaw Bay. North Channel. Open water except 2 tenths of new lake ice in St. Marys River. Georgian Bay. Open water except 2 tenths of new lake ice in some bays. Lake St. Clair. Open water. Lake Erie. Ice free except open water along the shore. Lake Ontario. Ice free except open water in the northeast section. Lake Michigan. Ice free except for 9 tenths of thin ice along the northern shores of the Bays de Noc. 6 tenths of thin lake ice in southern Green Bay. 2 tenths of thin lake ice in southern Green Bay south of Menominee. The Lake Michigan ice description has been prepared by the U.S. National Ice Center. End