Like a house guest who has overstayed their welcome, the smoke is still here

Alright, the bad news is we shouldn’t expect much, if any, relief from smoky conditions much of today for most of Idaho. The good news is there may be some pockets of improvement locally. Central Idaho – I told you not to pack a picnic and I hope you listened because your air quality will likely degrade today as smoke from the Cascades and British Columbia works its way into your area. Up north in the Panhandle, you’ll be getting some more winds for the next couple of days that will eventually start to clear out some of your smoke and haze but not before more smoke is brought in from the west. You win some, you lose some. Down south, the SW corner of the state will see increasing winds through most of Friday, just like the Panhandle. And also just like the Panhandle, the weather will bring more some smoke from the west before westerly winds will likely blow some of it out and give you some relief on Friday.

This image displays today’s late morning air quality conditions from monitors operated by state and tribal air quality programs.

Data Source: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality http://airquality.deq.idaho.gov/