Big Drop Reservoir

Dawson County, MT

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

MAYBE on Big Drop Reservoir — 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).

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MAYBE

Fri · Sep 11, Now → 8 AM (America/Denver)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Big Drop Reservoir in Dawson County, MT 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 7 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 13 mph; surface pressure near 916 hPa on an unstable trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 73 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:28 PM 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 September 10, 2026, 1:28 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 13

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
73°F

23°C · hum 20%

Pressure
27.05inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 50°F
    7 mph · SWgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ -13.5 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 54°F
    12 mph · NEgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↑ +12.2 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 50°F
    5 mph · Ngust 16
    0.00 in
    → +2.4 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    57° / 50°F
    15 mph · Egust 34
    0.09 in
    ↓ -7.6 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 45°F
    9 mph · Wgust 35
    0.00 in
    ↑ +11.2 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 43°F
    6 mph · SWgust 12
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.4 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 48°F
    4 mph · Sgust 12
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.1 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+12.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
13 mph · gust 39 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-23.4°F over 72h84–48°F range

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

Nearby waters

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