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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Updraft® is your source for Minnesota forecasts and insights from our expert meteorologists, Paul Huttner, Sven Sundgaard and Mandy Thalhuber.

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'Unprecedented': MN air quality 'very unhealthy' into next week

'Unprecedented': MN air quality 'very unhealthy' into next week

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has extended the air quality alert for all of Minnesota through 3 p.m. Tuesday as smoke from Canadian fires persists. Air quality will be “very unhealthy” for much of the state, including the Twin Cities, through the weekend.
by Paul Huttner

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Periods of smoke and haze likely through the weekend

Periods of smoke and haze likely through the weekend

Minnesota has another day of poor air quality ahead much of Friday, and the smoke and haze returns for portions of the weekend. Meanwhile, most of the state misses out on rain once again.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Worst air quality on record Thursday in Minnesota

Air quality in the Twin Cities peaked in the very unhealthy range Thursday. This is the second week we have set records for the highest particulate.
by Paul Huttner

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Air quality alert for Minnesota; weekend looks dry, cooler

Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted an air quality alert Thursday for most of Minnesota. We have details on that, plus a drought update and a look at our weekend weather.
by Ron Trenda

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Severe drought has now expanded across the Twin Cities

The storms, excessive heat and high humidity are being replaced by drier weather, which is not good news for Minnesota’s expanding drought conditions.
by Nicole Mitchell

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The heat recedes Thursday, but the smoke returns

Behind a cold front, Minnesota is under a much different airmass Thursday, with cooler temperatures and less humidity.
by Nicole Mitchell

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