FICN19 CWIS 161645
ICE FORECASTS FOR THE GREAT LAKES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
12:00 P.M. EST MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2026 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 12:00 P.M. TUESDAY.

WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.
7 TENTHS THIN LAKE ICE INCLUDING 3 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE EXCEPT 9
TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE INCLUDING 2 TENTHS THICK LAKE ICE NORTH OF
ISLE ROYALE AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN SHORE. CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE
IN THE NORTHWESTERN BAYS AND ALONG PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN SHORE. 

EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.
OPEN WATER EXCEPT 8 TENTHS THIN LAKE ICE INCLUDING 3 TENTHS MEDIUM
LAKE ICE ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORE AND IN KEWEENAW BAY. 9 TENTHS
MEDIUM LAKE ICE INCLUDING 2 TENTHS THICK LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE
EASTERN SHORE. CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SHORES. 

WHITEFISH BAY
NORTH CHANNEL.
CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE. 

NORTHERN LAKE HURON.
3 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE EXCEPT 9 TENTHS THICK LAKE ICE ALONG THE
BRUCE PENINSULA. CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE
SHORES AND IN THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC. 

SOUTHERN LAKE HURON.
7 TENTHS THIN LAKE ICE INCLUDING 3 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE EXCEPT 9
TENTHS THICK LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE EASTERN SHORE. CONSOLIDATED
THICK LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORES AND IN SAGINAW BAY. 

NORTHERN GEORGIAN BAY.
9 TENTHS THIN LAKE ICE INCLUDING 3 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE EXCEPT 9
TENTHS THICK LAKE ICE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTION. CONSOLIDATED
THICK LAKE ICE ALONG THE NORTHERN SHORE. 

SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY.
8 TENTHS THICK LAKE ICE. CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE ALONG THE
NORTHEASTERN SHORE. 

LAKE ST. CLAIR.
CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE. 

WESTERN LAKE ERIE.
9 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE INCLUDING 4 TENTHS THICK LAKE ICE.
CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORE AND IN THE
WESTERN BASIN. 

EASTERN LAKE ERIE.
9 PLUS TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE INCLUDING 4 TENTHS THICK LAKE ICE.
CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORE. 

WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO.
OPEN WATER EXCEPT 7 TENTHS NEW LAKE ICE INCLUDING 2 TENTHS THIN LAKE
ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORE. CONSOLIDATED MEDIUM LAKE ICE IN
SHELTERED BAYS. 

EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO.
1 TENTH THIN LAKE ICE EXCEPT 5 TENTHS MEDIUM LAKE ICE INCLUDING 1
TENTH THICK LAKE ICE IN THE EXTREME EASTERN SECTION. CONSOLIDATED
THICK LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE SHORE. 

NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN.
OPEN WATER EXCEPT 2 TENTHS THICK LAKE ICE NEAR GREEN BAY. 4 TENTHS
THIN LAKE ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH MEDIUM LAKE ICE SOUTH OF AND EAST OF
FOX ISLANDS. CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE NORTH OF AND EAST OF BEAVER
ISLAND AND IN SOUTHERN GRAND TRAVERSE BAY. 

SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN.
OPEN WATER EXCEPT 6 TENTHS THIN LAKE ICE ALONG THE SHORES. 8 TENTHS
MEDIUM LAKE ICE ALONG PARTS OF THE EASTERN SHORE. 

GREEN BAY.
CONSOLIDATED THICK LAKE ICE. 

THE LAKE MICHIGAN ICE DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE U.S.
NATIONAL ICE CENTER.

THE GREAT LAKES ICE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN ICE SERVICE.

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