Upper Thompson Lake

Burke County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Thu · Jul 23, 5 PM → 9 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Upper Thompson 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 Upper Thompson Lake in Burke County, ND is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 5 PM to 9 PM (America/Chicago). 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 7 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 15 mph, surface pressure near 934 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 86 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; 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 alone; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED July 23, 2026, 11:32 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 15

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
86°F

30°C · hum 38%

Pressure
27.58inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 61°F
    7 mph · SWgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -6.9 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 72°F
    7 mph · NWgust 37
    0.02 in
    → -1.4 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    99° / 63°F
    7 mph · Egust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.7 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    99° / 73°F
    6 mph · SEgust 18
    0.00 in
    ↓ 0.0 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 66°F
    7 mph · Ngust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ +2.2 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 63°F
    10 mph · SEgust 29
    0.01 in
    ↓ -2.7 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    95° / 68°F
    6 mph · Ngust 25
    0.00 in
    → +1.8 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+8.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
10 mph · gust 36 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-0.2°F over 72h79–54°F range

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

Nearby waters

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