Sweetwater Lake

Barnes County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Jul 24, 8 PM → 12 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater Lake in Barnes County, ND is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Jul 24 from 8 PM to 12 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 16 mph, surface pressure near 956 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 70 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:43 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, 11:43 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

W · gust 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
70°F

21°C · hum 85%

Pressure
28.23inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    79° / 55°F
    10 mph · Sgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.5 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    90° / 63°F
    10 mph · SWgust 56
    1.20 in
    ↓ -5.9 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 64°F
    4 mph · Egust 25
    0.00 in
    ↑ +1.8 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    108° / 73°F
    5 mph · Sgust 31
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.5 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    100° / 68°F
    10 mph · Ngust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.1 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    104° / 70°F
    4 mph · SEgust 36
    0.02 in
    ↓ -1.8 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    99° / 68°F
    8 mph · Ngust 32
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.8 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+13.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 36 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-12.8°F over 72h84–50°F range

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

Nearby waters

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