Lake Ordway

McLean County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium

Best bite window

Now → 3 PM (America/Chicago)

Main reason

dry conditions across the window

Main risk

a front passing through

MAYBE on Lake Ordway — 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).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Lake Ordway in McLean County, ND is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 11 AM to 3 PM (America/Chicago). The main factor in its favor is dry conditions across the window, and the main watch-out is a front passing through. During that window the forecast calls for wind near 7 mph out of the south, gusting to 11 mph, surface pressure near 948 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 77 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather alone; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED July 23, 2026, 11:10 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind: 7mph
S · gust 11
Rain / Weather: 0in
Overcast
Temp: 77°F
25°C · hum 59%
Pressure: 27.99inHg
Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

Thu · Jul 23
Now → 3 PM
MAYBE
A front passing through
86° / 55°F
7 mph · Sgust 22
0.00 in
↓ -7.1 hPa
Fri · Jul 24
6 PM → 10 PM
MAYBE
A front passing through
91° / 68°F
7 mph · NWgust 29
0.00 in
↓ -3.5 hPa
Sat · Jul 25
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
106° / 66°F
7 mph · NEgust 28
0.00 in
↓ -0.9 hPa
Sun · Jul 26
9 AM → 1 PM
MAYBE
A front passing through
113° / 75°F
7 mph · SWgust 33
0.00 in
↓ -3.0 hPa
Mon · Jul 27
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
99° / 70°F
6 mph · NWgust 24
0.00 in
↑ +5.0 hPa
Tue · Jul 28
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
100° / 66°F
9 mph · SEgust 42
0.05 in
↓ -0.8 hPa
Wed · Jul 29
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
102° / 63°F
9 mph · SWgust 37
0.00 in
↓ -0.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure

Rising

+10.5 hPa over 72h

Rain

Dry stretch

0.00 in totallast 72h

Wind

Gusty

8 mph · gust 34 · W

Temperature

Cooler

-4.5°F over 72h82–52°F range

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

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