Storms start to move out of Minnesota, continue for western Wisconsin

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You can see the white-tinted sky across Minnesota again today. NOAA weather satellites are also seeing the smoke plumes from 23-thousand miles above us. 

Another wave of wildfire smoke from the massive Canadian wildfire zone is drifting over the Upper Midwest this Tuesday. I’ve highlighted the smudge of the thickest smoke layer across the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota in the image above at the top of this post. 

And while the smoke plume may be thinner across eastern MInnesota and the Twin Cities, it’s still clearly visible here on the ground and from space. NOAA’s latest smoke map shows smoke concentrations in our region below.

So far air quality at the ground where we live and breathe is mostly in the moderate range across Minnesota. 

air quality alert continues for northern Minnesota

Shifting wind patterns should disperse smoke a little more by Thursday. Air quality is expected to return to the good to moderate ranges Thursday across Minnesota. 

Paul Huttner

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Wildfire smoke from Canadian blazes is drifting over Minnesota once again this summer. 

Canadian wildfire smoke plumes visible from space above Minnesota

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