NWS Boise IDFW.A 0015October 8, 2026
Fire Weather Watch: Owyhee Mountains and Southern Highlands, ID
The National Weather Service office in Boise issued a fire weather watch for Owyhee Mountains and Southern Highlands in Idaho, in force until 6:00 p.m. local time on October 9. It was the 15th fire weather watch the NWS office in Boise issued in 2026. Idaho had 1 fire weather watch in October 2026, against 0 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Idaho's fire weather watchs by year).
Watch
In force for 4 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Boise ID
- Area
- Owyhee Mountains and Southern Highlands
- State
- Idaho
- Level
- Watch
- Issued
- 4:34 a.m. MDT, October 8, 2026
- In force from
- 2:00 p.m. MDT, October 9, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 p.m. MDT, October 9, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Possible, Future
- VTEC event
- KBOI FW.A 0015
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Fire Weather Watches in Idaho since 2008Every warning type in Idaho
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The notice as issued
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND/RH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .Dry and increasingly windy weather will develop Friday afternoon in the Owyhee Mountains and Southern Highlands in Idaho ahead of a cold front expected to pass through Friday night. Concern is greatest in the southern half of those zones. * AFFECTED AREA...In Idaho, Fire Weather Zones 423 Owyhee Mountains and 426 Southern Highlands. * TIMING...Friday afternoon. * WINDS...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...11 to 19 percent. * TEMPERATURES...79 to 85 degrees. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
What the agency told people to do
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
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