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.)

Friday, August 13, 2021

Smoky weekend ahead

Air quality forecasts for today are in the Good to Unhealthy categories. 

Smoke impacts remain high this morning from the Nevada border to the Canadian border. Eastern and southeastern Idaho remain relatively clear but are seeing increasing concentrations. Today, smoke is expected to circle around central Idaho and remain in the area before rapidly expanding in coverage late this evening and into Saturday.  Conditions on Saturday look to deteriorate considerably with impacts expanding through southern Idaho beginning around 6 a.m. MDT and across the entire state by midnight. Sunday looks to continue these elevated impacts through at least 6 p.m. MDT with the highest readings across the southern Panhandle and south into the Treasure Valley, while lighter concentrations are possible across the northern Panhandle and southeastern and eastern Idaho. On Monday, conditions will remain elevated in the morning across central and northern Idaho with an optimist’s hope of afternoon improvement in those areas before once again deteriorating in the evening.

Video: HRRR Smoke 12Z (0600 MDT) valid at 6am MDT on 08/15: Near Surface Smoke shows ample and high concentrations of smoke across all Idaho.

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