Burgess Lake

Sanders County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 6 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Burgess 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 Burgess Lake in Sanders County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 2 PM to 6 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 southwest, gusting to 16 mph, surface pressure near 818 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 46 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:44 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 October 26, 2026, 9:44 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SW · gust 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
46°F

8°C · hum 50%

Pressure
24.16inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Now → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 32°F
    6 mph · SWgust 25
    0.48 in
    ↓ -3.3 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    34° / 28°F
    20 mph · SWgust 37
    0.17 in
    ↓ +0.1 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    34° / 25°F
    4 mph · Sgust 12
    0.24 in
    ↑ +5.4 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    34° / 27°F
    3 mph · NEgust 5
    0.17 in
    ↓ -0.2 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 23°F
    4 mph · Egust 6
    0.15 in
    ↓ -2.2 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 28°F
    3 mph · Sgust 4
    0.08 in
    ↓ -0.4 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    30° / 18°F
    3 mph · SWgust 4
    0.10 in
    ↑ +7.6 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+13.9 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.44 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 27 · S
Temperature
Cooler
-9.0°F over 72h46–30°F range

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

Nearby waters

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