Western, central and northern Minnesota under windy, dry weather conditions 

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Our beautiful summery September sky will have a whitish tint again Saturday. 

Another plume of thick wildfire smoke moving through the Dakotas will drift across most of Minnesota Saturday. 

Smoke has reached ground level in the Dakotas. 

NOAA’s GOES-16 visible satellite loop at the top of this post clearly shows the thicker smoke over the Dakotas drifting southwest Minnesota late Friday afternoon. 

NOAA’s HRRR vertically integrated smoke product shows the smoke layer will cover most of Minnesota Saturday. Here’s the forecast for 7 a.m. Saturday. Notice all but far northern Minnesota is expected to see a significant smoke layer aloft. 

Most of the smoke layer will remain aloft over Minnesota this weekend. A little smoke may reach ground level as a cold front pushes through Saturday night.  

Here at ground level, the air quality is forecast to remain good this weekend.

Our smoke layer above Minnesota will produce a whitish-tinted sky, and some reddish sunrises and sunsets this weekend. 

Weather and Climate News

Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Paul Huttner

Author

Wildfire smoke from blazes in California and the west will drift across most of Minnesota Saturday. 

Smoke plume drifting over the Dakotas Friday

NOAA/College of Dupage

NOAA HRRR model vertically integrated smoke product 

Wildfire smoke wave arrives Saturday, should stay mostly aloft

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