Swift Lake

Beaverhead County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium

Best bite window

Tue · Oct 27, 9 PM → 1 AM (America/Boise)

Main reason

dry conditions across the window

Main risk

a front passing through

MAYBE on Swift 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 Swift Lake in Beaverhead County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 9 PM to 1 AM (America/Boise). 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 747 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 23 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:40 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, 9:40 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind: 7mph
SW · gust 18
Rain / Weather: 0in
Overcast
Temp: 23°F
-5°C · hum 84%
Pressure: 22.06inHg
Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

Mon · Oct 26
Window passed
MAYBE
A front passing through
39° / 25°F
8 mph · SEgust 30
0.00 in
↓ -0.6 hPa
Tue · Oct 27
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
27° / 23°F
12 mph · Wgust 25
0.13 in
↓ -1.0 hPa
Wed · Oct 28
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
37° / 19°F
4 mph · Sgust 24
0.00 in
↓ +3.0 hPa
Thu · Oct 29
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
43° / 21°F
4 mph · SEgust 12
0.00 in
↓ -2.9 hPa
Fri · Oct 30
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
45° / 25°F
6 mph · Egust 16
0.09 in
↓ -2.7 hPa
Sat · Oct 31
12 PM → 4 PM
MAYBE
A front passing through
37° / 27°F
3 mph · SWgust 9
0.07 in
↓ +2.6 hPa
Sun · Nov 1
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
37° / 18°F
4 mph · Egust 22
0.07 in
↓ +4.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure

Unstable

+13.6 hPa over 72h

Rain

Wet stretch

1.25 in totallast 72h

Wind

Calm wind

7 mph · gust 24 · SE

Temperature

Cooler

-10.6°F over 72h43–21°F range

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

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