Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Our air quality was good in most of eastern Minnesota Sunday afternoon, with moderate air quality to the west. Western Minnesota did have a few areas where the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reported air in the orange (unhealthy for sensitive groups) or red (unhealthy) category at times.

Smoke is expected to return to much of Minnesota as we go through Sunday night. The smoke is expected to linger into Monday and possibly Tuesday. 

Here’s the Sunday afternoon air quality update from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency:

Here’s more info about air quality, from the MPCA:

People whose health is affected by unhealthy air quality

Current Minnesota air quality readings can be found 

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio 

, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News 

The Sunday high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 81 degrees, which is slightly cooler than our average August 1 high of 83. The metro area will see highs in the lower 80s on Monday. Highs in the 80s are expected across most of Minnesota Monday afternoon:

Dew points will be in the comfortable lower 50s:

Back to high temps, Twin Cities highs are projected to reach the mid 80s Tuesday, then upper 80s on Wednesday. Our highs retreat to the mid 80s Thursday then hit around 90 on Friday.

Above-normal temps are likely next weekend and into the beginning of the following week. The NWS Climate Prediction Center shows a strong signal for above-normal temps in Minnesota and Wisconsin from August 7 through August 11:

Monday and Tuesday look rain-free in most of Minnesota. Scattered shower and thunderstorm chances show up in some forecast models by Wednesday night and Thursday. We could also see some scattered showers and thunderstorms  Friday night and Saturday. Check forecast updates.

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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