McBride Lake

Cowlitz County, WA

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 3 PM → 7 PM (America/Los_Angeles)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on McBride 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 McBride Lake in Cowlitz County, WA is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 3 PM to 7 PM (America/Los_Angeles). 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 3 mph out of the south, gusting to 11 mph, surface pressure near 896 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.02 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 39 °F, with a dominant forecast of light drizzle. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:16 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 October 26, 2026, 9:16 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
3mph

S · gust 11

Rain / Weather
0.02in

Light drizzle

Temp
39°F

4°C · hum 99%

Pressure
26.46inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 37°F
    3 mph · Sgust 22
    0.74 in
    ↑ +3.2 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    39° / 36°F
    7 mph · Wgust 21
    0.17 in
    ↓ -1.1 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 36°F
    4 mph · SWgust 21
    0.85 in
    ↑ +1.1 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 32°F
    4 mph · Egust 10
    0.27 in
    ↓ -4.0 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    39° / 32°F
    3 mph · Egust 6
    0.17 in
    ↑ +1.5 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    Rain in the window
    36° / 30°F
    4 mph · SEgust 9
    1.11 in
    ↑ +2.8 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 28°F
    3 mph · NEgust 6
    0.05 in
    ↑ +4.9 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Falling
-2.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.94 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 25 · E
Temperature
Warmer
+2.5°F over 72h50–34°F range

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

Nearby waters

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