Hot, hazy and windy for Tuesday

High pressure remains parked to our south over Nevada and Utah, with an area of low pressure moving through north Idaho and Montana. We'll look for winds Tuesday out of the southwest, at 15-25 MPH, with gusts around 30 MPH. Along with the winds for Tuesday, we'll keep smoky and hazy skies in the forecast, through at least Wednesday. Highs for Tuesday will get into the lower to mid 90's. The area of low pressure moving through, will lower temps just a bit into Wednesday.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 410, 413, 425 AND 427…

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is
in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening.

• AFFECTED AREA…Fire Weather Zone 410 Upper Snake River
  Valley/Idaho Falls BLM, Fire Weather Zone 413 Caribou
  Range/Caribou NF, Fire Weather Zone 425 Middle Snake River
  Valley/Twin Falls BLM north of the Snake River and Fire
  Weather Zone 427 Goose Creek and Raft River Valley/Southern
  Sawtooth NF/Twin Falls BLM south of the Snake River.
• WINDS…West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
• RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 11 percent.
• IMPACTS…Gusty winds and low humidity may create hazardous
  fire weather conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A fire weather watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.