McDonald Reservoir

Las Animas County, CO

MAYBEConfidence · Low
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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

Tue · Oct 27, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Denver)

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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 3 mph out of the west, gusting to 6 mph; surface pressure near 781 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 39 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is low; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:23 AM 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 October 26, 2026, 9:23 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
3mph

W · gust 6

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
39°F

4°C · hum 74%

Pressure
23.06inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 37°F
    3 mph · Wgust 10
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.9 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 37°F
    3 mph · SEgust 11
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.6 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 39°F
    8 mph · SWgust 14
    0.00 in
    → +3.5 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 39°F
    6 mph · Wgust 8
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.1 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 43°F
    3 mph · SEgust 19
    0.02 in
    ↓ -0.8 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 39°F
    3 mph · SWgust 15
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.2 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 39°F
    6 mph · Wgust 8
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+5.6 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.87 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
8 mph · gust 35 · S
Temperature
Cooler
-8.5°F over 72h68–37°F range

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

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