Carter Lake

Pottawattamie County, IA

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

MAYBE on Carter 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).

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MAYBE

Fri · Jul 24, 10 AM → 2 PM (America/Chicago)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Carter Lake in Pottawattamie County, IA 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 6 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 13 mph; surface pressure near 985 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 70 °F with overcast dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:07 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 July 23, 2026, 11:07 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SE · gust 13

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
70°F

21°C · hum 83%

Pressure
29.09inHg

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° / 66°F
    6 mph · SEgust 13
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.4 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    77° / 64°F
    7 mph · SEgust 22
    0.96 in
    ↓ -3.9 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    111° / 70°F
    8 mph · Sgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.8 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    115° / 77°F
    4 mph · Sgust 33
    0.00 in
    ↓ -6.0 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    117° / 79°F
    7 mph · SWgust 40
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.2 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    93° / 75°F
    6 mph · Egust 16
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.1 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    104° / 70°F
    5 mph · Sgust 34
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+8.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.02 in totallast 72h
Wind
Calm wind
7 mph · gust 24 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-16.6°F over 72h102–64°F range

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

Nearby waters

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