Wildfires in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are pumping smoke toward Minnesota. The smoke plumes are riding in on the gusty northwest wind flow behind a cool front that blew into Minnesota Tuesday night.
It will remain very warm across the region but a little cooler with slightly lower dew points Wednesday and Thursday. The next chance of some thunderstorms arrives Saturday for most with isolated thunder chances Wednesday night and Thursday night in western Minnesota.
It will still be very warm or even hot, but not like the last two days with lower dew points and slightly cooler temperatures. We will be mainly dry Wednesday and Thursday.
"We're used to treating hot spells as a chance to go play in the sun," said a top government scientist. "Our lifestyles and our infrastructure are not adapted to what is coming."
Showers and clouds will move out across southern Minnesota Tuesday morning. Expect a hot, muggy afternoon with storms redeveloping north late Tuesday. Some storms could be strong there.
A few scattered showers early then clearing and hot midday Tuesday. A few isolated storms are possible again late, mainly in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
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