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Updated: Jul 14, 2021 11:13 PM
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1. Smoke Can Impact Surface Temperature Day & Night It can impact temperature. The smoke acts as a cloud so it may not get as hot because not as much radiation from the sun reaches the surface and that has cascading effects, such as on wind speeds and thunderstorm development.
Depending on how heavy the smoke is, it could alter temperatures from a couple of degrees to maybe 10 degrees lower. I m ballparking it, he said. It just depends on how thick it is, said Nick Nauslar, a graduate research assistant at the Desert Research Institute in Nevada.
BLM wildland firefighters responded to the Walker Levee Fire in Idaho
The latest information on fires across Idaho that have evacuation orders, or pose threats to populations, structures or certain wilderness areas.
These are the fires we re currently tracking.
Updated July 6 at 5:14 p.m.
Where: 40 miles southeast of Grangeville, 15 miles south of Elk City, near the Dixie community. It is located on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests Red River Ranger District.
Size: Between 1,000 and 2,500 acres
Evacuation Orders: Evacuations are happening for residents living around the Dixie fire.
Idaho County Sheriff deputies are notifying residents and ask that people follow its Facebook page for updates.
SALEM â Widespread and worsening drought in much of the West prompted wildfire seasonâs high-risk period to arrive at least a month early.
âWe have active large fires in all Western regions,â National Interagency Fire Center meteorologist Nick Nauslar said in a multi-agency news conference July 1.
Prolonged extreme heat continues to bake built-up grasses and other fine fuels that dried early during an unusually warm spring. Some timber also dried early.
Nauslar, who wrote much of the National Significant Wildfire Potential Outlook for July through October, said the last few days of June brought a surge of monsoonal moisture to the Southwest, Colorado and southern Great Basin.
Idaho could be at significant fire risk through September
With over 80% of the state in a drought, according to National Interagency Fire Center, Idaho is already in peak fire season conditions. Author: Andrew Baertlein Updated: 7:43 PM MDT July 1, 2021
BOISE, Idaho Idaho’s drought conditions have led the Gem State to be at an above-normal risk for significant fires, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
In a news conference on Thursday morning, the NIFC predicted that the increased fire risk will last through September, peaking in July and August. The news conference included officials from the Bureau of Land Management, United States Forrest Service, Idaho Department of Lands and Idaho Firewise.
Too much at stake : Idaho scientists, fire experts urge skipping at-home July 4 fireworks Nicole Blanchard and Sophia Charan, The Idaho Statesman
Jul. 1 Several Idaho researchers have joined fire scientists from across the country to ask people to avoid using fireworks this Fourth of July amid widespread drought and heightened concerns about wildfire risk. Their plea comes at the same time that Idaho fire management agencies issued a similar request, amid a worsening wildfire outlook for Idaho.
Moji Sadegh, an assistant professor of civil engineering, was one of four Boise State University scientists who signed an open letter with more than 100 experts urging the public not to use fireworks of any kind.