Railroad Lake

Black Hawk County, IA

MAYBEConfidence · Low
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Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Railroad 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).

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MAYBE

Fri · Jul 24, 6 AM → 10 AM (America/Chicago)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Railroad Lake in Black Hawk County, IA is MAYBE. Its highlighted window has passed, so use the 7-day forecast below for the next available window. The main factor in its favor was dry conditions across the window, while the main watch-out was a front passing through. Its cached forecast evidence included wind near 3 mph out of the south, gusting to 8 mph; surface pressure near 991 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 63 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is low; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED July 23, 2026, 11:10 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
3mph

S · gust 8

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
63°F

17°C · hum 83%

Pressure
29.26inHg

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
    75° / 57°F
    3 mph · Sgust 13
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.7 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    79° / 63°F
    4 mph · SWgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.0 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    93° / 66°F
    6 mph · SWgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.1 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 73°F
    6 mph · Wgust 42
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.1 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 70°F
    7 mph · Ngust 33
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.1 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 68°F
    5 mph · NEgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.5 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 68°F
    6 mph · SEgust 34
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.0 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+7.6 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
4.96 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 31 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-9.4°F over 72h84–57°F range

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

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