Smoke still around, not going anywhere today

Smoke impacts today are expected to be greatest over the Panhandle and south to the Grangeville area with lesser impacts over south-central and eastern Idaho. Smoke over the Central Idaho Mountains will track east, but should miss Salmon this afternoon and stay to the south. Smoke should lift during the late afternoon before settling again in the evening. Smoke looks to have impacts from the South Fork of the Salmon and east into the Upper Middle Salmon, the Middle Salmon, the Upper Salmon, Pahsimeroi, and Lemhi into the Upper Snake. This evening, expect smoke to drain into the Upper Snake via the Pahsimeroi and to a lesser extent down the Lemhi and Birch drainages and east to Island Park. There looks to be local nighttime impacts in the vicinity of McCall. The Panhandle will also be heavily impacted this evening with smoke settling within the Purcell Trench down into Spokane and again into the Clearwater.

A clear, narrow boundary of smoky/non smoky air is evident from the southwest to the Lemhi Valley. High concentrations of smoke are visible within the valleys of northern Idaho into Canada.  This corresponds to the highest readings across the state yesterday.

Modis Today: Terra visible satellite imagery for 08/13/2018.  Data Source: SSEC University of Wisconsin.