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.)

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Fires still burning, bringing back a little smoke


It will get breezy again today. Up in the North, smoke that has come into the region overnight will clear out as the day goes on.  Expect it to be dry and warm in the southwestern part of the state. Some smoke will come over from the Oregon fires still burning into the Snake River Plain. It will mostly stay up higher as it moves from west to east towards Mountain Home but you won’t completely escape surface smoke impacts. In the Lemhi County area, winds are likely to get gusty and unfortunately this could cause increased fire activity which would contribute to more smoke for Salmon and other communities in that region.

This image shows potential for smoke transport from Oregon impacting surface in SW Idaho this evening. The Canadian fire smoke is anticipated to miss the Panhandle.

HRRR-Near Surface Smoke depicts 8/30 at 23:00 UTC (5pm MDT 8/30). Data Source: NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

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