Merrills Slough

Burke County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Thu · Jul 23, 4 PM → 8 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Merrills Slough — 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 Merrills Slough in Burke County, ND is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 4 PM to 8 PM (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 southwest, gusting to 14 mph, surface pressure near 931 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 86 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:31 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 July 23, 2026, 11:31 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 14

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
86°F

30°C · hum 38%

Pressure
27.49inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 59°F
    7 mph · SWgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ -6.5 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 68°F
    6 mph · NWgust 43
    0.00 in
    → -1.5 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    99° / 63°F
    7 mph · Egust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.4 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    99° / 73°F
    6 mph · SEgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.4 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 66°F
    7 mph · Ngust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ +2.4 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 64°F
    11 mph · Sgust 29
    0.01 in
    ↓ -1.9 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    95° / 66°F
    6 mph · Ngust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+8.2 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
8 mph · gust 34 · W
Temperature
Warmer
+2.9°F over 72h79–50°F range

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

Nearby waters

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