Heavy snow and difficult travel expected again, heaviest snow in southern Minnesota

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires will linger into Saturday night and early Sunday in many areas.

Air quality has been in the unhealthy (red) category for much of Saturday afternoon in sections of central and southern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metro area. Some locations have been in the unhealthy for sensitive groups (orange) category. 

Here’s a look at air quality measurements (which are typically updated hourly) from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency:

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 continues an air quality alert until 6 p.m. this Saturday from Crow Wing County (including Brainerd) to Pine County (including Hinckley), for air quality in the unhealthy for sensitive groups category.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency continues an air quality alert until noon Sunday for roughly the southern half of Minnesota. The alert is for air in the unhealthy (red) category in most of the southern half of Minnesota and in the unhealthy for sensitive groups (orange) category in parts of central Minnesota:

Here are details of the air quality alert:

A few very scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm could develop Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening in the northern half of Minnesota and in western Wisconsin. There appears to be just an isolated shower/thunderstorm chance elsewhere in Minnesota late Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening. 

The northern half of Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin could see a few scattered showers and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and evening. An isolated shower or thunderstorm is possible elsewhere in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin late Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening. 

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: 

Sunday highs will be in the 60s in roughly the northern third of Minnesota, with mainly 70s elsewhere:

A few spots in southern Minnesota could touch 80 degrees. 

There will be some 60s in northeastern Minnesota. 

Twin Cities area highs are projected to reach the upper 70s on Monday, followed by lower 80s Tuesday then upper 80s Wednesday and mid-80s on Thursday and Friday. 

There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday.

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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An air quality alert continues until noon Sunday in the southern half of Minnesota and all of Wisconsin. We have the alert details, plus a look at temperature trends and rain chances in the coming days.

Air quality alert until noon Sunday for the southern half of Minnesota and all of Wisc.

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