FQCN20 CWTO 082122 MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE GREAT LAKES AND THE ONTARIO PORTION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:15 P.M. EDT TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2009. ..THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING FOR LAKE OF THE WOODS STARTING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM MANITOBA WILL CONTINUE BRINGING SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO LAKE OF THE WOODS THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE OUT OF THE AREA NEAR MIDNIGHT. END/OSPC