McDonald Reservoir

Las Animas County, CO

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
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Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on McDonald Reservoir — 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).

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MAYBE

Fri · Sep 11, Now → 8 AM (America/Denver)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for McDonald Reservoir in Las Animas County, CO is MAYBE. Its highlighted window has passed, so use the 7-day forecast below for the next available window. The main factor in its favor was dry conditions across the window, while the main watch-out was a front passing through. Its cached forecast evidence included wind near 4 mph out of the north, gusting to 8 mph; surface pressure near 785 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 64 °F with overcast dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:25 PM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED September 10, 2026, 1:25 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

N · gust 8

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
64°F

18°C · hum 65%

Pressure
23.18inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 52°F
    4 mph · Ngust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.9 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 54°F
    7 mph · NWgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.2 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 59°F
    6 mph · Wgust 17
    0.02 in
    ↓ +3.6 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 57°F
    7 mph · SWgust 35
    0.02 in
    ↓ -3.0 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 59°F
    7 mph · SWgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ +3.9 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    75° / 52°F
    4 mph · Egust 29
    0.13 in
    ↓ +3.3 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    79° / 50°F
    3 mph · SEgust 17
    0.02 in
    ↓ +4.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+8.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.52 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
7 mph · gust 40 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-1.4°F over 72h84–54°F range

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

Nearby waters

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