West Alkali Reservoir

Phillips County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 8 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on West Alkali Reservoir — 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 West Alkali Reservoir in Phillips County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 4 AM to 8 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 5 mph out of the north, gusting to 11 mph, surface pressure near 919 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 55 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:18 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, 1:18 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
5mph

N · gust 11

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
55°F

13°C · hum 68%

Pressure
27.14inHg

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
    Sustained high wind
    84° / 52°F
    17 mph · Wgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↓ -6.2 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 50°F
    5 mph · Ngust 25
    0.10 in
    ↑ +12.0 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 48°F
    6 mph · NWgust 14
    0.00 in
    → +1.3 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 48°F
    11 mph · Egust 27
    0.44 in
    ↓ -8.3 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 48°F
    14 mph · NWgust 30
    0.03 in
    ↑ +9.9 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 46°F
    4 mph · Sgust 12
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.2 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 46°F
    3 mph · Wgust 11
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.1 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+5.7 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
1.07 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
13 mph · gust 48 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-9.2°F over 72h77–48°F range

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

Nearby waters

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