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Much of Minnesota is under a critical fire weather risk through Monday evening. An unseasonably warm air mass has pushed temperatures into the 60s and 70s across the Upper Midwest. This is the warmest air mass in nearly five months. 

Gusty southerly winds and a dry air mass are combining to create extreme fire weather conditions in parts of western Minnesota.

 remains in effect for most of western Minnesota through this evening. 

We don’t often see extreme fire weather danger in Minnesota. But check out the area the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration paints as critical fire weather this Monday. It runs from Texas all the way north onto western Minnesota and the eastern Dakotas. 

Wind gusts so far have reached 44 mph in the Twin Cities and southwest Minnesota Monday. 

Any fires that start will spread rapidly in the windy and dry conditions. 

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Paul Huttner

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Critical fire weather risk for western Minnesota through this evening.

Critical fire weather risk through Monday evening

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