Monday Will Be Hot and Hazy in the Twin Cities, with highs in the Low 90s.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Extended ITS Air Quality Alert On Monday for Another Couple Days Due to Lingering Canadian Wildfire Smoke. It is now set to Expire Wednesday at noon, but Another Extension is posible. There is a never weather Alert in Effect Through Tuesday Morning Due to the Poor Air.
Showers and storms before
The Metro is expanded to rectify the unhealthy category, Meang The Air is Considred Unhealthy for everyone and not Just Sensitive Groups.
The Forecast is always This is the first time the MPCA HAS Used An Alert Category of Hazardous Since the Started Isuing these Type of Alerts in 2011.
The Forecast is Calling for Very Unhealthy Air from Brainerd to the Northwest, a category that has only been used on decior. The smoke is expanded to arrive after
Tuesday Will Start with Rain and Rumbles, with Cooler Highs Near 70 Degrees.
Wednesday will be dry and milder with Sunshine RTURINING.
There is a slight chance of showers on thursday with highs in the upper 70s.
FRIDAY Will Bring a Chance for Scatled Storms, but will otherswise be a warm and breezy day.
Severe Storms Possible Monday Eventing
A Sever Thunderstorm Watch is in Effect Until 7 PM For Areas Northwest of the Metro Including Fergus Falls, Alexandria, Brainerd and St. Cloud.
The Main Threat for the Area is Ping Pong-Size Hail, Strong Wind Gusts and Lightning.
A sever Thunderstorm Warning is also in Effect for the SAUK Center Area Until 3:30 PM
In the Twin Cities, there is a 1/5 chance for sever Weather. It’ll Likely Hit the Metro after 6 PM, and the Severity of the Storms Will Diminish in the East.
More on Air Quality Alerts
The Pollution Control Agency Says The Air Quality Alert Extension Is Due to A. State.
“This Sets the Stage for the Continulation of a Long-Duration Signics Wildfire Smoke Event for Minnesota,“ The Agency SAID.
On Monday, The Northwest Corner of the State Will Deal with AnN AQI Level Of Maroon – The Most Hazardous Category. Northwestern and north-Central minnesota will be in the Purple Category, a steps below from maroon, Signifying “very unhealthy” Air. It’s the first time the minnesota policy control Agency has is the maroon Alert Since them Started issuing Alerts in 2011.
The smoke will enter NortheASSERN and Center Minnesota, Including the Twin Cities, by Monday afternoon, where aqi level will be Red, or Simply “Unhealthy”.
Southhesstern and SouthWestern Minnesota Will Get This Round of Smoke by Tuesday MORINING and Will Be in the Orange Category, Meang The Air Is “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups.” Air Quality Is Expect to Improve Signicantly by Wednesday, The Agency SAID.
More. Most of Those Evacuees Are from Manitoba, where a state of empty was declared cart Week.
The Canadian Interagment Forest Fire Center Reports 184 Active Wildfires in Central and Western Canada, with 94 Burning Out of Control.
How to Prevent Exposure to Hazardous Air
The smoke from the Wildfires is Essentially Poisoning the Air in Minnesota and Neighboring North Dakota, Wissonsin and Michigan.
A Recent Health Study Out of New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital Found matter from Wildfire Smoke Can Have Health Effects Up to Three months.
“IT’s this Highher Concentration that You’re Breathing Kind of Overwhelles Your Body and Can Lead to Health ares that we Kind of Expect from Air Pollution,” SAID Peter DeCarlo, Environmental Health and Engineering Professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Minnesotans May Need to Prepare for Anotter Summer of Smokelike what the State Experienced in 2023. Experts says it’s posible The State COULD always have to Deal with Wildfire Smoke from Out West
The National Weather Service Says Rain on Monday Will Likely Help Bing Smoke Download Closer to the Ground. Exposure to this Air Brings Symptoms Including Ity Eyes, Sore Throats and Headaches. People are Advised to avoid spending lived amounts of time outdoors, and consider wearing a well-fitting n-95 mask.
“IT can be hazardous to your health, especially people whore are especcially sentence to things like that,” said national weather service meteorology meissa dye. “People With Asthma, Elderly, Children.”
Motorists are also Advised to Consider Reducing Trips. If you have to drive, recirculate the air in your vehicle to redosure to har overful particulaate Matter.
