Idaho Smoke Map

Idaho Smoke Map Legend

**(Preliminary Data Warning: Data found on the map shown below is preliminary and is subject to change. Data is in local standard time format - no adjustment for daylight savings time.)

Friday, September 13, 2024

Go enjoy the cleaner air!

Today’s air quality is forecast to be Good to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, depending on location and time. Areas near local fires could experience brief periods of Unhealthy air.

Fires in the Central Mountains of Idaho and Central Oregon are continuing to generate smoke and haze, but the regional impacts have been reduced by recent weather moving through. This afternoon, light smoke and haze will drift east through the eastern highlands and into the Treasure Valley this evening. Light smoke and haze will slowly drift north overnight and into the Clearwater Basin tomorrow morning. Light smoke and haze will drift north from Utah and into eastern Idaho tomorrow morning. As temperatures decrease tonight, lingering smoke can become trapped under surface temperature inversions and raise local AQI levels until the inversions break later the in morning, offering limited clearing.

Video: The HRRR-NCEP Near Surface Smoke model, initialized at 6 a.m. MDT September 13, 2024, shows that the regional smoke and haze impacts from wildfires have been lessened with recent weather moving through.

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