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There’s good news for Minnesota’s air quality this week. Good air quality in on the maps for the first time in quite a while across western Minnesota Wednesday. Air quality is moderate in most of the east including the Twin Cities area.

But there’s still smoke across Wisconsin and edging into northeast Minnesota Wednesday afternoon.

The MPCA has extended the air quality alert for northeast Minnesota until 7 p.m. Wednesday. 

The forecast for the rest of the week looks good for most of Minnesota, thanks to southerly winds. The next cold front due this weekend may drag another swath of smoke in tow especially in northern Minnesota. But some of the Canadian wildfire zones are getting rain this week. That may limit some smoke.

Here’s the latest forecast discussion from MPCA.

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Paul Huttner

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Good air quality Wednesday across western half of Minnesota. But some wildfire smoke lingers in the northeast.

Better air quality forecast for most of Minnesota

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