Minnesota air quality alert could stretch into weekend
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You’re not imagining that campfire smell — thick smoke from Canadian wildfires has settled over Minnesota again, with air quality now unhealthy for everyone.
An air quality alert for northwest Minnesota has been extended to cover the entire state and run through Monday.
Canadian wildfire smoke will make for hazy skies through Sunday as the weekend comes to a close.A low pressure trough will push into the northern Great Lakes region through the end of the weekend resulting in northwest upper-air flow out of Canada.
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An air quality alert is in place for the entire state of Minnesota through 9 a.m. Monday. Northern Minnesota falls in the very unhealthy AQI category.
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