Smoky skies prompt air quality alert; showers late Wednesday into Friday
Highs Tuesday in the 70s and 80s
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Canadian wildfire smoke is filling the skies in Minnesota and creating air quality alerts for central and northern Minnesota. Tuesday will be warm with filtered sun through the smoke. Showers are possible Wednesday night into Friday.
Smoke filled skies and reduced air quality
Canada has quite literally been on fire to our northwest. Temperatures have been averaging well above normal and shattering records. The result of the warmth has been an outbreak of numerous wildfires.
Air quality has started to drop in parts of northwestern and northeastern Minnesota with moderate air quality.
The forecast is for air quality to diminish to unhealthy levels for sensitive groups across central and northern Minnesota.
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has an air quality alert posted through 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Warm and dry until Thursday
Tuesday will be warm and the skies will be sunny but that sun will be filtered through the smoke filled skies. Many areas will reach the low to mid 80s in central Minnesota.
Wednesday will be slightly cooler with a few more clouds on the increase. Highs will be in the 70s primarily.
The chances of rain start to move into northwestern Minnesota by late Wednesday and spread east and southeast Wednesday night into Thursday. Friday will see a lingering chance of showers.
Friday will be briefly cooler behind the system with high temperatures mainly in the 60s.
The weekend will see temperatures back mostly into the upper 60s and 70s with lots of sunshine and dry weather.