Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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The persistent dryness across Minnesota and parts of Canada is starting to evolve into an active wildfire season. Wildfires are raging in parts of Canada. 

Two significant blazes burning in Ontario north of Minnesota are pumping out a massive plume of wildfire smoke. You can clearly see the massive smoke plume drifting from southern Ontario over Lake Superior in the GOES-16 visible satellite loop at the top of this post. 

Here’s more detail on those Ontario fires from 

NOAA’s HRRR near-surface smoke product shows the smoke plume drifting into northeast Minnesota, then spreading across much of the northern half of Minnesota this weekend. 

The smoke plume this weekend will create some vivid sunrises and sunsets across northern Minnesota. But it will also reach ground level in many locations. That has prompted an 

 for most of northeast Minnesota from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday.

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Paul Huttner

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Thick smoke from Canadian wildfires may blanket parts of northern Minnesota this weekend. 

Smoke plume drifting over Lake Superior Friday

Ontario wildfire smoke blowing into northern Minnesota; air quality alert this weekend

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