Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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It’s been interesting to watch the air quality improve in central Minnesota and in the northern and central portions of the Twin Cities metro area Saturday evening.

 has dropped Hennepin, Anoka, Ramsey and Washington counties from the air quality alert. Central Minnesota counties have also been dropped from the alert:

The orange and red-shaded counties are in an air quality alert until 6 p.m. Sunday.

The southern portions of Scott County and Dakota County are expected to see air quality in the unhealthy (red) category while northern portions of those counties plus Carver County see air quality mainly in the unhealthy for sensitive groups (orange) category.

Unhealthy air quality is expected across much of southern Minnesota.

Here’s the MPCA discussion of the air quality alert that includes the southern part of the Twin Cities metro area plus southern Minnesota:

 is typically updated about once per hour.

Wisconsin remains in an air quality advisory until noon on Sunday:

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News 

You can also check these National Weather Service sites for updated weather info: 

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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Cleaner air has spread into central Minnesota and the northern part of the Twin Cities metro area, but air quality alerts continue until 6 p.m. Sunday in the south metro and in southern Minnesota.

Air quality alert cancelled north metro, continues until 6 p.m. Sunday south metro & S. MN

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