at least it looks like some improvement. going from 90 in the northwest to the 70s. unfortunately with all of this comes gusty wind and the concern around the fire threat over the western portion of the u.s. look at this footage. this is coming out of an area near the soto fire in boise, idaho. what is known as a fire tornado developing over this region. in fact, it's nothing exactly like a tornado. you get differences in air masses that create tornadoes, but in this case you have tremendous heat rising from the flames in the vicinity around 2,000 degrees fahrenheit and turbulent weather in the vicinity of this area picks it up and brings rotation with these columns of air that is in this firenado as it's known. has the potential to cause large-scale damage and it brings debris with it and lofting it. and causing additional fires. what the firefighters have to deal with when you're talking about starting spot fires downstream. across the eastern part of