Alkali Lake

Stutsman County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Jul 24, 4 PM → 8 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Alkali Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system for this window. Watch a front passing through. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Alkali Lake in Stutsman County, ND is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Jul 24 from 4 PM to 8 PM (America/Chicago). The main factor in its favor is dry conditions across the window, and the main watch-out is a front passing through. During that window the forecast calls for wind near 6 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 17 mph, surface pressure near 941 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 82 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:26 AM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather alone; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED July 23, 2026, 11:26 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SE · gust 17

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
82°F

28°C · hum 50%

Pressure
27.79inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

One read per day — the bite call, the window, the weather behind it

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 59°F
    11 mph · SWgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.9 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 64°F
    6 mph · SEgust 31
    0.13 in
    ↓ -5.1 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    97° / 64°F
    7 mph · NEgust 28
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.7 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    1 PM → 5 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    109° / 70°F
    7 mph · SWgust 32
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.4 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    97° / 68°F
    12 mph · Ngust 25
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.0 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    99° / 63°F
    6 mph · SEgust 43
    0.67 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    97° / 68°F
    9 mph · NWgust 42
    0.00 in
    ↓ +2.0 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+11.9 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 39 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-10.3°F over 72h82–54°F range

Weather-only read. Confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

Nearby waters

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