Forecast models predict four to seven days where ozone levels may be unhealthy for sensitive groups and between 12 and 16 days of wildfire smoke impacts in Minnesota this summer.
Unseasonably warm temperatures are forecast across the region this weekend with highs climbing into the upper 80s and low 90s. The combination of dry conditions, low humidity and gusty winds has prompted a fire weather watch.
Given the dry conditions over the past week, it's no surprise there's minimal change in the drought monitor. With dryness continuing, fire danger is on the rise in the forecast.
Thousands of acres of tribal lands in North Dakota have burned in the last several days due to wildfires amid dry and breezy conditions. Officials were tracking several large fires still burning Tuesday across wooded areas and grasslands on the Turtle Mountain Reservation near the Canadian border that have burned about 6.5 square miles of wooded areas and grasslands.
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