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Cooler, windy Wednesday; air quality alert expanded west

Temperatures warm back up by Friday

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Forecast temperature anomalies (difference from normal) Wednesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Temperatures will be much cooler behind a cold front Wednesday. It will be windy with lingering clouds east but sunshine west. Air quality will be unhealthy at times west.

Cooler, windy Wednesday

What a difference a day and a cold front can make. Temperatures will be substantially cooler with highs mostly in the 60s. Parts of northeast Minnesota will be in just the upper 50s and far western Minnesota will see highs in the low 70s.

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Forecast highs Wednesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

We’ll have lingering clouds in eastern Minnesota while western Minnesota will see more sunshine. It will also be windy with northwest winds 10-25 mph, gusting to near 30 mph west.

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Forecast wind gusts Wednesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

There will even be a few lingering showers especially in northeast Minnesota.

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Forecast precipitation 6 a.m. Wednesday through 9 p.m.
College of DuPage Weather

Air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups at times in western Minnesota. An air quality alert has been expanded west through 5 p.m. Wednesday.

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Air quality alert through 6 p.m. Wednesday
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Check the latest air quality conditions, alerts and forecasts here:

Thursday will continue with temperatures below normal but by the weekend we’ll be near normal or above with highs well into the 70s Friday and near 80 again in southern Minnesota Saturday.

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