High Wind Advisory for Lower Snake River Plain

If you're traveling through Idaho today, heed caution as there may be wind gusts up to 45mph. The Lower Snake River Plain is under a Wind Advisory until 8pm.

According to the National Weather Service:

• WIND ADVISORY FROM 9AM MDT TUE UNTIL 8PM MDT TUE
• AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TODAY WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST IDAHO.
• WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO INCREASE AROUND MID-MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG UNTIL JUST BEFORE SUNSET.
• IMPACTS/TIMING... MID MORNING THROUGH EVENING WITH STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
• WINDS... 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
  LOCATIONS... IDAHO FALLS... REXBURG... POCATELLO... TELEGRAPH HILL..INTERSTATE 15 NORTH OF POCATELLO TO DUBOIS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
• GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.