Johnson Lake

Nelson County, ND

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

MAYBE on Johnson Lake — light winds and dry conditions across the window 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 Johnson Lake in Nelson County, ND is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 4 AM to 8 AM (America/Chicago). 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 west, gusting to 19 mph, surface pressure near 949 hPa on a steady trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 57 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:21 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, 1:21 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

W · gust 19

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
57°F

14°C · hum 60%

Pressure
28.02inHg

Steady

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 54°F
    10 mph · SWgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -11.7 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 55°F
    7 mph · Wgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.7 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 50°F
    7 mph · NWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↑ +10.2 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 48°F
    4 mph · SEgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    11 AM → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 48°F
    9 mph · Sgust 35
    1.27 in
    ↓ -4.7 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 48°F
    7 mph · Ngust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +12.6 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 45°F
    7 mph · Sgust 14
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.1 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+2.6 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.03 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
14 mph · gust 45 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-14.8°F over 72h75–55°F range

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

Nearby waters

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