Carter Lake

Pottawattamie County, IA

GOConfidence · Medium
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Main reason
dry conditions across the window

GO on Carter Lake — light winds and steady pressure trend for this window. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Next forecast window
GO

Fri · Sep 11, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Chicago)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Carter Lake in Pottawattamie County, IA is GO. 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. Its cached forecast evidence included wind near 4 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 7 mph; surface pressure near 981 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 81 °F with overcast dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:17 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, 1:17 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

SE · gust 7

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
81°F

27°C · hum 43%

Pressure
28.97inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    82° / 61°F
    4 mph · SEgust 12
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.6 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    91° / 66°F
    8 mph · Sgust 28
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.2 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    82° / 64°F
    7 mph · SWgust 30
    0.04 in
    ↑ +10.4 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    1 PM → 5 PM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    81° / 61°F
    10 mph · Egust 37
    0.42 in
    ↓ -5.6 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    1 PM → 5 PM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    97° / 66°F
    12 mph · SWgust 34
    0.63 in
    ↓ +1.0 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    5 AM → 9 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    77° / 64°F
    4 mph · Ngust 19
    0.89 in
    ↑ +8.6 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    7 PM → 11 PM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    66° / 59°F
    7 mph · NEgust 22
    1.29 in
    ↑ +3.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+2.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
1.94 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 30 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-4.3°F over 72h93–68°F range

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

Nearby waters

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