It's still smoky out there. There has been a bit of change since yesterday, but not much. AQI data indicated air quality in the moderate to unhealthy for sensistive groups categories across southern Idaho; Meridian experienced locally unhealthy conditions. Northern Idaho was in the good to moderate range. Today looks to be much of the same.
Continued southwest flow will allow for the development of thunderstorms across southern and portions of central Idaho today. With these storms, will come gusty and erratic winds offering the potential for clearing of smoke in addition to periods of rainfall after noon. Today marks the start of a transition to a more active flow pattern with a series of troughs entering Idaho from the west.
Smoke is expected to continue to stream into southern Idaho - mainly from northern and central California. Much of the smoke will remain aloft during the day allowing air quality to improve each afternoon. Nearly all of southern Idaho looks to improve in air quality today as the wind field shift in direction to a more westerly flow. The majority of the smoke impacts will be found along the western edge of the state along the Oregon border. Smoke then looks to shift to the northeast through central Idaho, reaching as far north as the border of Shoshone and Benewah Counties. North of that, smoke impacts are expected to be light and sporadic today.
11z HRRR-Smoke Near Surface Smoke model-shows smoke levels
decreasing across southeast and eastern Idaho while remaining relatively higher
over southwest and central Idaho today.
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