Smoke and haze everywhere! Fingers crossed for coming rain!

Today’s air quality is forecast to be in the Good to Very Unhealthy range. Areas around the Central Mountains fires could experience periods of Hazardous air quality.

The fires in the Central Mountains of Idaho and Central Oregon are generating areas of smoke and haze across portions of the Central Mountains, North Idaho, South Idaho, and East Idaho. Limited afternoon clearing is expected for southern, eastern, and North Idaho. Overnight, patchy smoke and haze will flow into southern Idaho from wildfires in Oregon, while patchy smoke and haze will flow into eastern and North Idaho. 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: HRRR-NCEP Near Surface Smoke model, initialized at 6 a.m. MDT September 10, 2024, shows areas of smoke and haze from the Central Mountains and eastern Oregon extending across portions of the Central Mountains, North Idaho, South Idaho, and East Idaho.