Smoke Outlook 

Smoke impacts today will be greatest across the Clearwater drainages into the LC Valley, over the Panhandle and Purcell Trench, and in areas near active fires.  The westerly flow pattern today should provide a momentary reprieve before the developing southwest flow brings ample regional smoke into the area.  Best case scenario is that this smoke remains aloft while conditions at the surface remain around their current levels.  Smoke tomorrow looks to again affect the Panhandle, Central Idaho from the LC Valley to the Weippe Prairie, and southern Idaho along the Southwest, Southern, and Southeast Highlands.  Expect smoke to be heaviest overnight and in the mornings before lifting in the afternoon.  This pattern looks to persist until at least Tuesday when a changing weather pattern will occur.

The video depicts this morning’s visible satellite imagery of smoke both at the surface and aloft.