Salt Alkaline Lake

Kidder County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 5 AM → 9 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Salt Alkaline 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).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Salt Alkaline Lake in Kidder County, ND is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 5 AM to 9 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 4 mph out of the north, gusting to 14 mph, surface pressure near 939 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 61 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:27 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, 1:27 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

N · gust 14

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
61°F

16°C · hum 53%

Pressure
27.73inHg

Rising

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
    82° / 50°F
    8 mph · SWgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↓ -11.8 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    77° / 59°F
    4 mph · Ngust 31
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.7 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 48°F
    7 mph · NWgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +9.1 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 50°F
    4 mph · SEgust 30
    0.02 in
    ↓ -4.2 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 52°F
    7 mph · SWgust 34
    0.85 in
    ↓ +0.2 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    11 AM → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 48°F
    7 mph · Ngust 28
    0.00 in
    ↑ +10.4 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    70° / 46°F
    7 mph · SEgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+4.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 42 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-9.0°F over 72h82–57°F range

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

Nearby waters

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