Thunderstorms roll into Idaho as concern for wildfire risk is growing. Red Flag Warnings and heat advisories are both over large parts of Southern Idaho. A combo that could lead to naturally caused brush fires.
Both the warning and the advisory are expected to end at 9:00 p.m. tonight but the storms will have there impact. Winds could reach between 40-60 MPH on the outskirts. This is a worry along with stray lightning strikes and very dry brush across southern Idaho. The storms will move into the central mountain region where there is some worry for flash flooding.
All of this on top of impressive heat. Temperatures well into the triple digits continue into the weekend for the Treasure Valley. Magic Valley gets a little break with upper 90s sticking around. We see a very slight drop in conditions after this weekend but upper 90s will still be the daytime high. Our 6-10 day outlook looks to be warmer and wetter than per usual. This means more thunderstorm activity may be on the way for the end of the month.
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