Packingham Lake

Cherry County, NE

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Jul 24, 6 AM → 10 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Packingham 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 Packingham Lake in Cherry County, NE is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Jul 24 from 6 AM to 10 AM (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 southwest, gusting to 17 mph, surface pressure near 905 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 clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:40 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, 11:40 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SW · gust 17

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
70°F

21°C · hum 85%

Pressure
26.72inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Now → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 59°F
    13 mph · Sgust 31
    0.03 in
    ↓ -2.1 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    95° / 64°F
    6 mph · SWgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.0 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    9 AM → 1 PM
    SKIP
    Sustained high wind
    108° / 79°F
    17 mph · SWgust 37
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.1 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    11 AM → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    111° / 81°F
    7 mph · NWgust 39
    0.01 in
    ↓ -6.6 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    108° / 79°F
    8 mph · Ngust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ +3.1 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 75°F
    7 mph · Sgust 32
    0.08 in
    ↓ +3.1 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    100° / 73°F
    7 mph · Wgust 32
    0.01 in
    ↓ -1.4 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+8.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.13 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 30 · E
Temperature
Cooler
-17.8°F over 72h97–59°F range

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

Nearby waters

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