Lower Bowman Lake

Powell County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 5 AM → 9 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Lower Bowman Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system for this window. Watch a front passing through. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Lower Bowman Lake in Powell County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 5 AM to 9 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 northwest, gusting to 16 mph, surface pressure near 748 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 39 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:17 PM 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 September 10, 2026, 1:17 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

NW · gust 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
39°F

4°C · hum 81%

Pressure
22.09inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    61° / 41°F
    16 mph · NWgust 35
    0.00 in
    ↓ -9.5 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 34°F
    7 mph · NWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.4 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    52° / 30°F
    3 mph · SEgust 10
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.8 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    36° / 30°F
    4 mph · Egust 16
    0.44 in
    ↑ +4.7 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 30°F
    4 mph · Wgust 19
    0.21 in
    ↓ +3.2 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 28°F
    4 mph · NWgust 7
    0.15 in
    ↓ +4.3 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 30°F
    3 mph · Wgust 6
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.0 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+7.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.16 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
14 mph · gust 42 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-1.4°F over 72h55–32°F range

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

Nearby waters

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