Lake Dorothey

Las Animas County, CO

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Jul 24, 5 AM → 9 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Lake Dorothey — light winds and dry conditions across the window 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 Lake Dorothey in Las Animas County, CO is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Jul 24 from 5 AM to 9 AM (America/Denver). 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 northwest, gusting to 19 mph, surface pressure near 750 hPa on a steady trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 63 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:17 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, 11:17 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

NW · gust 19

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
63°F

17°C · hum 56%

Pressure
22.15inHg

Steady

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
    81° / 57°F
    7 mph · Wgust 28
    0.02 in
    ↓ +2.7 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 57°F
    6 mph · NWgust 27
    0.02 in
    ↓ -2.9 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    90° / 57°F
    4 mph · NWgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.9 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 59°F
    4 mph · SWgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.7 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 61°F
    4 mph · Ngust 13
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.3 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 55°F
    4 mph · Ngust 16
    0.01 in
    ↓ +0.5 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    90° / 54°F
    4 mph · SWgust 30
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.6 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
-1.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Calm wind
9 mph · gust 22 · S
Temperature
Warmer
+7.2°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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