Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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We’re breathing easier across most of Minnesota on this first Monday in August. 

But we’re still living on the edge of a smoky smudge from Canadian wildfires to the north. A smudge of wildfire smoke to the east is clipping eastern Minnesota through Monday night. Air quality is unhealthy in southeast Minnesota including Rochester as of this post Monday afternoon. 

Some smoke will clip the Twin Cities and eastern Minnesota Monday night into Tuesday morning. Tuesday and Wednesday smoke will focus in northeast Minnesota. NOAA’s HRRR near surface smoke output shows the smoky trends for northeast Minnesota. 

Here’s the air quality alert detail from MPCA.

Here’s the forecast discussion detail from MPCA.

The air quality for the rest of Minnesota looks better through most of this week thanks to southerly winds.

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An air quality alert has been issued for northeast Minnesota for Tuesday and Wednesday.

New air quality alert issued for northeast Minnesota for Tuesday and Wednesday

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