Chimney Lakes

Powell County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 10 PM → 2 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Chimney Lakes — 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 Chimney Lakes in Powell County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 10 PM to 2 AM (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 7 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 18 mph, surface pressure near 835 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 30 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:20 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, 9:20 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 18

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
30°F

-1°C · hum 86%

Pressure
24.66inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    52° / 32°F
    2 mph · NWgust 27
    0.31 in
    ↓ -4.6 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    7 PM → 11 PM
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    37° / 32°F
    13 mph · SWgust 31
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.2 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 28°F
    5 mph · SWgust 19
    0.04 in
    ↑ +5.0 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 25°F
    4 mph · Egust 6
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.2 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 28°F
    4 mph · Egust 6
    0.02 in
    ↓ -5.0 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 32°F
    2 mph · SWgust 5
    0.07 in
    ↓ +0.6 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 28°F
    4 mph · Sgust 7
    0.09 in
    ↑ +5.9 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+15.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.72 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
5 mph · gust 31 · S
Temperature
Cooler
-21.6°F over 72h55–28°F range

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

Nearby waters

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