AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA

A statewide Air Quality alert remains in effect until Monday morning at 9 am.  A second wave of heavy smoke should be moving into the region and will cover the entire state this weekend but cleaner air should move into the state from the west.  In the meantime, air quality could reach the red (unhealthy) category and the orange (unhealthy for sensitive groups) category but should improve by the end of the day Sunday.  A statewide Air Quality alert remains in effect until Monday morning at 9 am.  A second wave of heavy smoke should be moving into the region and will cover the entire state this weekend but cleaner air should move into the state from the west.  In the meantime, air quality could reach the red (unhealthy) category and the orange (unhealthy for sensitive groups) category but should improve by the end of the day Sunday.