Sands Lake

Hill County, MT

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

MAYBE on Sands 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).

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MAYBE

Fri · Sep 11, 11 AM → 3 PM (America/Denver)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Sands Lake in Hill 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 6 mph out of the east, gusting to 16 mph; surface pressure near 910 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 61 °F with overcast dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:31 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, 1:31 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

E · gust 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
61°F

16°C · hum 56%

Pressure
26.87inHg

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
    79° / 61°F
    12 mph · NWgust 35
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.5 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    11 AM → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 50°F
    7 mph · Egust 17
    0.31 in
    ↑ +11.6 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 46°F
    6 mph · Egust 16
    0.03 in
    ↓ 0.0 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 43°F
    14 mph · Egust 34
    0.45 in
    ↓ -7.4 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 45°F
    6 mph · Ngust 21
    0.09 in
    ↑ +8.5 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 50°F
    5 mph · SWgust 11
    0.02 in
    ↑ +5.2 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 45°F
    4 mph · SWgust 12
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.9 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+3.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.43 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
18 mph · gust 53 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-1.1°F over 72h75–52°F range

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

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