Alkali Lake

Toole County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 4 PM → 8 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Alkali 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 Alkali Lake in Toole County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 4 PM to 8 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 6 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 21 mph, surface pressure near 869 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 37 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:39 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, 9:39 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SE · gust 21

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
37°F

3°C · hum 82%

Pressure
25.66inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    39° / 28°F
    6 mph · SEgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -13.4 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 32°F
    6 mph · Wgust 25
    0.49 in
    → +0.5 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    36° / 25°F
    7 mph · NWgust 14
    0.01 in
    ↑ +13.9 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    30° / 21°F
    6 mph · Ngust 14
    0.00 in
    → +2.0 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    39° / 27°F
    4 mph · SEgust 9
    0.00 in
    ↓ -12.4 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 32°F
    7 mph · SWgust 11
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.9 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 36°F
    7 mph · SWgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.5 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+21.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.88 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 50 · N
Temperature
Cooler
-29.7°F over 72h59–21°F range

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

Nearby waters

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