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It’s another day of air quality alerts for Minnesota. Our latest 

 is still in effect until 9 p.m. Thursday. Ground-level ozone is still elevated across Minnesota. 

As of Wednesday afternoon, air quality readings across Minnesota are in the orange range (unhealthy for sensitive groups) across most of Minnesota. There are pockets of red (unhealthy for all) north of the Twin Cities across central Minnesota. 

Here’s the wording on the current air quality alert:

The forecast calls for slight improvements in air quality across Minnesota over the next few days. 

Here’s the latest forecast discussion from meteorologists at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: 

So far, forecast models suggest wildfire smoke will remain at relatively low levels across Minnesota for the next few days.

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Paul Huttner

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Rain chances will increase as we approach the weekend.

Air quality alert continues through Thursday

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