Weather Alerts
Air Quality Alert issued July 19 at 8:14AM CDT by NWS Duluth MN
* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air
Quality Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality
Index (AQI) is expected to reach the Purple or Very Unhealthy
category.
* WHERE...North central, northeast, and northwest Minnesota.
* WHEN...1 PM CDT Saturday until 9 AM CDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...The risk of health effects is increased for everyone.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Heavy surface smoke from Canadian wildfires
will drift south into Minnesota over the next several days. This
smoke will initially impact far northern Minnesota early
Saturday afternoon and then spread south and east through the
rest of the day and into the evening. Smoke lingers across the
region on Sunday with light winds in place, and then exits back
to the north through Monday morning. The highest smoke
concentrations are expected to be across far northern Minnesota
and the Arrowhead region from Saturday into Sunday.
Air Quality Alert issued July 18 at 2:29PM CDT by NWS Duluth MN
* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air
Quality Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality Index
(AQI) is expected to reach the Purple or Very Unhealthy category.
* WHERE...North central, northeast, and northwest Minnesota.
* WHEN...1 PM CDT Saturday until 9 AM CDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...The risk of health effects is increased for everyone.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Heavy surface smoke from Canadian
wildfires will drift south into Minnesota over the next several
days. This smoke will initially impact far northern Minnesota
early Saturday afternoon and then spread south and east through
the rest of the day and into the evening. Smoke lingers across
the region on Sunday with light winds in place, and then exits
back to the north through Monday morning. The highest smoke
concentrations are expected to be across far northern Minnesota
and the Arrowhead region from Saturday into Sunday.