Alcove Lake

Flathead County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 2 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Alcove Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system 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 Alcove Lake in Flathead County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 10 AM to 2 PM (America/Denver). 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 3 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 9 mph, surface pressure near 792 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 43 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:16 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 October 26, 2026, 9:16 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
3mph

SE · gust 9

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
43°F

6°C · hum 50%

Pressure
23.39inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Now → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 32°F
    3 mph · SEgust 24
    0.31 in
    ↓ -5.8 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    10 AM → 2 PM
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    30° / 25°F
    17 mph · Wgust 43
    1.08 in
    → +1.6 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    28° / 19°F
    4 mph · SWgust 14
    0.46 in
    ↑ +7.7 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    30° / 14°F
    3 mph · Sgust 6
    0.13 in
    ↓ +1.5 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    34° / 12°F
    4 mph · SEgust 4
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.2 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    34° / 19°F
    1 mph · SWgust 4
    0.01 in
    ↓ -0.4 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    30° / 16°F
    4 mph · Sgust 6
    0.07 in
    ↑ +6.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+16.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.42 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
7 mph · gust 25 · S
Temperature
Cooler
-11.0°F over 72h46–27°F range

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

Nearby waters

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