Fire Weather Watch
NWS Boise ID ยท US
Details
Fire Weather Watch In Effect From Late Tonight Through Friday Evening For Winds And Low Relative Humidities For Owyhee Mountains...Western Twin Falls BLM And Southern Highlands...Which Are Fire Weather Zones 423...424 And 426
- Event
- Fire Weather Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LITTLE RAINFALL... A strong low pressure system in northeastern California will bring scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening with outflow wind gusts up to 50 mph and little rainfall. As the low moves into southeastern Oregon late tonight and southwestern Idaho on Friday, scattered thunderstorms will develop again, especially on the Idaho side. The National Weather Service in Boise has issued a Fire Weather Watch for winds and low relative humidities, which is in effect from after midnight tonight through Friday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...In Idaho, Fire Weather Zones 423 Owyhee Mountains, 424 Western Twin Falls BLM and 426 Southern Highlands. * TIMING...From late tonight through Friday evening. * WINDS...Northwest 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...34 to 46 percent. * TEMPERATURES...65 to 73 degrees. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Instructions
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
Affected areas
- Owyhee Mountains
- Western Twin Falls BLM
- Southern Highlands
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Boise ID
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RE95MD6SXA8RBHT80XQ89S
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.57d8b22cd6dd853df08bab773b03fc7660755a3e.003.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Boise ID
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBOI
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2675
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FWA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | RFWBOI |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KBOI 171942 |
| NWSheadline | FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 423...424 AND 426 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KBOI.FW.A.0014.260918T0900Z-260919T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T21:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Owyhee Mountains
- Western Twin Falls BLM
- Southern Highlands
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 016027 |
| SAME | 016073 |
| SAME | 016001 |
| SAME | 016039 |
| SAME | 016047 |
| SAME | 016053 |
| SAME | 016063 |
| SAME | 016083 |
| UGC | IDZ423 |
| UGC | IDZ424 |
| UGC | IDZ426 |