Russell Lake

Carbon County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 10 PM → 2 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Russell 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 Russell Lake in Carbon County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 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 6 mph out of the east, gusting to 16 mph, surface pressure near 696 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 34 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. 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
6mph

E · gust 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
34°F

1°C · hum 83%

Pressure
20.55inHg

Unstable

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
    57° / 34°F
    16 mph · Wgust 30
    0.00 in
    ↓ -11.1 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 34°F
    12 mph · Wgust 43
    0.02 in
    ↑ +5.4 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 30°F
    4 mph · SEgust 34
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.0 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 28°F
    6 mph · Egust 46
    0.03 in
    ↓ +1.7 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 21°F
    6 mph · Wgust 24
    0.01 in
    ↓ +6.0 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 25°F
    4 mph · Egust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.6 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 27°F
    3 mph · Wgust 10
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.5 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+12.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
17 mph · gust 43 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-7.4°F over 72h52–27°F range

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

Nearby waters

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