Getting Ready!

Gusty northwest winds 30 to 40 mph reached Ontario around 520 PM MDT. Visibility was reduced to between 1 and 2 miles in blowing dust. This gust front was ahead of the main cold front which was still in central Malheur County. At the present speed the gust front that passed through Ontario will reach Middleton around 610 PM...Nampa 615 PM...Meridian 625 PM...and Boise around 640 PM. Expect northwest wind gusts 40 to 50 mph and blowing dust reducing visibility to as low as a half mile.