Chilco Lake

Kootenai County, ID

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

MAYBE on Chilco 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

Tue · Oct 27, 8 AM → 12 PM (America/Los_Angeles)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Chilco Lake in Kootenai County, ID 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 northeast, gusting to 8 mph; surface pressure near 930 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 41 °F with overcast dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:45 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, 9:45 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

NE · gust 8

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
41°F

5°C · hum 61%

Pressure
27.46inHg

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
    59° / 41°F
    4 mph · NEgust 19
    0.03 in
    ↓ -1.0 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 41°F
    11 mph · SWgust 25
    0.21 in
    ↓ -2.7 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 39°F
    6 mph · Sgust 17
    0.18 in
    ↑ +6.3 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 36°F
    3 mph · NEgust 13
    0.26 in
    ↓ -2.3 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 36°F
    4 mph · Ngust 14
    0.00 in
    ↑ +1.5 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 36°F
    4 mph · NEgust 6
    0.19 in
    ↓ +0.1 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 36°F
    3 mph · Sgust 7
    0.05 in
    ↑ +7.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+8.9 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.06 in totallast 72h
Wind
Calm wind
6 mph · gust 17 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-4.3°F over 72h57–34°F range

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

Nearby waters

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