Margaret Lee Swamp

Essex County, VA

GOConfidence · Low
Best bite window
Now → 5 PM (America/New_York)
Main reason
falling pressure ahead of a system
Main risk
a front passing through

GO on Margaret Lee Swamp — light winds and falling pressure ahead of a 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 Margaret Lee Swamp in Essex County, VA is GO, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 1 PM to 5 PM (America/New_York). The main factor in its favor is falling pressure ahead of a system, and the main watch-out is a front passing through. During that window the forecast calls for wind near 7 mph out of the northeast, gusting to 11 mph, surface pressure near 1014 hPa on a falling trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 77 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is low; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:19 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, 11:19 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

NE · gust 11

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
77°F

25°C · hum 61%

Pressure
29.94inHg

Falling

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Now → 5 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    79° / 68°F
    7 mph · NEgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.2 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    81° / 66°F
    4 mph · Ngust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.8 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    5 AM → 9 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    86° / 66°F
    4 mph · NEgust 11
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.6 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    90° / 66°F
    3 mph · Sgust 19
    0.91 in
    ↓ -5.0 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    6 AM → 10 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    86° / 66°F
    3 mph · Ngust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.1 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 68°F
    6 mph · Sgust 25
    0.35 in
    ↓ -6.2 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    2 PM → 6 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    88° / 66°F
    7 mph · Ngust 25
    0.04 in
    ↑ +8.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Falling
+0.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
1.13 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
7 mph · gust 30 · S
Temperature
Cooler
-1.4°F over 72h88–70°F range

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

Nearby waters

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