Downing Lake

Cherry County, NE

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 5 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Downing Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system for this window. Watch a front passing through and pressure swinging. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Downing Lake in Cherry County, NE is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 1 PM to 5 PM (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 6 mph out of the northeast, gusting to 10 mph, surface pressure near 888 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 36 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:25 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 October 26, 2026, 9:25 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

NE · gust 10

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
36°F

2°C · hum 97%

Pressure
26.22inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Now → 5 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    36° / 34°F
    6 mph · NEgust 19
    0.80 in
    ↓ -5.9 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 37°F
    13 mph · Sgust 26
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.4 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 48°F
    7 mph · NEgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.9 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 46°F
    7 mph · Sgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.9 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 48°F
    6 mph · SEgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.4 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 50°F
    14 mph · Sgust 25
    0.01 in
    ↓ -4.1 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 50°F
    7 mph · SWgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ 0.0 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+18.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.39 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 40 · E
Temperature
Cooler
-20.7°F over 72h81–37°F range

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

Nearby waters

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