Bear Butte Lake

Meade County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Low
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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. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

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MAYBE

Fri · Jul 24, 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 5 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 11 mph; surface pressure near 911 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 68 °F with overcast dominant. Confidence in this cached read is low; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:32 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, 11:32 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
5mph

SE · gust 11

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
68°F

20°C · hum 86%

Pressure
26.90inHg

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
    88° / 63°F
    5 mph · SEgust 26
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.0 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    99° / 68°F
    4 mph · SWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.2 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    109° / 79°F
    4 mph · Egust 30
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.3 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    109° / 82°F
    6 mph · Wgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ +2.0 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    106° / 75°F
    5 mph · SWgust 20
    0.04 in
    ↓ +2.1 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 75°F
    7 mph · SEgust 25
    0.17 in
    ↓ +0.1 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    104° / 75°F
    6 mph · NWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.5 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+6.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 27 · E
Temperature
Cooler
-12.4°F over 72h95–63°F range

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

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