Hempfield Lake

Mackinac County, MI

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Jul 24, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Detroit)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Hempfield Lake — light winds and dry conditions across the window for this window. Watch a front passing through and pressure swinging. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Hempfield Lake in Mackinac County, MI is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Jul 24 from 4 AM to 8 AM (America/Detroit). 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 17 mph, surface pressure near 990 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 59 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:44 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, 11:44 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

S · gust 17

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
59°F

15°C · hum 84%

Pressure
29.23inHg

Unstable

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
    77° / 48°F
    9 mph · Wgust 25
    0.00 in
    → +0.7 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 57°F
    7 mph · Sgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.1 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    75° / 63°F
    6 mph · SWgust 31
    0.14 in
    ↓ -5.1 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    1 PM → 5 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 64°F
    5 mph · Sgust 12
    0.07 in
    → +0.3 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 59°F
    4 mph · NWgust 21
    0.02 in
    ↓ -5.1 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 55°F
    3 mph · Ngust 25
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.7 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 55°F
    3 mph · NWgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.4 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+5.6 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.37 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 39 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-8.5°F over 72h75–50°F range

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

Nearby waters

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