FQCN13 CWTO 091425 MARINE FORECASTS FOR THE CANADIAN PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THE ONTARIO PORTION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 10:30 A.M. EDT THURSDAY 9 MAY 2013 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:30 P.M. FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE. WINDS ARE FOR OFFSHORE AREAS. NEARSHORE WINDS MAY VARY CONSIDERABLY DUE TO SHORELINE EFFECTS. NOTE..THE STRONG WIND WARNING PROGRAM IS ACTIVE FROM MAY 01 TO NOVEMBER 30. WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND NORTHEAST 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHEAST 15 THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND DIMINISHING TO EAST 10 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND NORTHEAST 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHEAST 10 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS TODAY. WHITEFISH BAY. WIND LIGHT BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 KNOTS NEAR NOON THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT NEAR NOON FRIDAY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS TODAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. NORTHERN LAKE HURON. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 KNOTS THIS EVENING AND TO NORTHEAST 25 EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING LATE OVERNIGHT. SOUTHERN LAKE HURON. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 KNOTS NEAR MIDNIGHT AND TO NORTHEAST 25 FRIDAY MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GEORGIAN BAY. STRONG WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTH 15 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING AND TO NORTHEAST 20 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 25 FRIDAY EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. LAKE ST. CLAIR. WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTH 10 KNOTS NEAR NOON FRIDAY. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING LATE OVERNIGHT. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WESTERN LAKE ERIE. WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 KNOTS NEAR NOON FRIDAY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING TO SHOWERS LATE OVERNIGHT WITH RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. EASTERN LAKE ERIE. WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 KNOTS FRIDAY MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY CHANGING TO SHOWERS FRIDAY MORNING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING EARLY THIS EVENING. LAKE ONTARIO. WIND LIGHT BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 KNOTS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THEN INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 FRIDAY EVENING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING CHANGING TO A FEW SHOWERS NEAR NOON FRIDAY. FOG PATCHES BECOMING MIST EARLY THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATING NEAR NOON FRIDAY. VISIBILITY 1 MILE OR LESS IN FOG PATCHES AND AS LOW AS 1 MILE IN MIST. KINGSTON TO CORNWALL. WIND LIGHT BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 KNOTS FRIDAY MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR NOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING CHANGING TO A FEW SHOWERS FRIDAY EVENING. END