Bear Butte Lake

Meade County, SD

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

MAYBE on Bear Butte 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).

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MAYBE

Fri · Sep 11, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Denver)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Bear Butte Lake in Meade County, SD 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 4 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 9 mph; surface pressure near 911 hPa on an unstable trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 72 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:26 PM 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 September 10, 2026, 1:26 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

SE · gust 9

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
72°F

22°C · hum 24%

Pressure
26.90inHg

Unstable

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
    91° / 54°F
    4 mph · SEgust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ -13.6 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 64°F
    8 mph · NWgust 33
    0.00 in
    ↑ +9.0 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 54°F
    4 mph · Ngust 28
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.4 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    6 AM → 10 AM
    SKIP
    Sustained high wind
    61° / 54°F
    16 mph · Egust 32
    0.14 in
    ↓ -5.6 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    10 AM → 2 PM
    SKIP
    Sustained high wind
    73° / 50°F
    21 mph · NWgust 29
    0.01 in
    ↑ +14.3 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 45°F
    6 mph · NWgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.1 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 50°F
    4 mph · SEgust 11
    0.05 in
    ↑ +2.8 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+12.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 25 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-17.1°F over 72h93–52°F range

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

Nearby waters

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