This afternoon the air quality index crept into moderate category in the Coeur d'Alene area. Wildfires in the vicinity of Quincy and Wenatchee, Washington are generating  smoke and westerly winds are transporting the smoke to northern Idaho and the Coeur d’Alene area.  Additional, information regarding the wildfires can be found at:  https://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm and at https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5282/ .   Satellite imagery of the smoke transport to the area can be viewed at: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/wfo/otx/h5-loop-vis.html.

If you have additional questions regarding this matter, please contact Ralph Paul at 666-4609