The National Weather Service is warning people of dense smoke moving through the region today. A cold front pushing through the region is bringing a narrow area of dense smoke from wildfires in Canada into our area, severely degrading air quality.
This severely degraded air quality is forecast at any one location for a relatively brief period (2-5 hour window) this morning into early afternoon.
Consider altering outdoor plans during the period of thickest smoke.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency made this graphic for this event. Feel free to share and/or pass along:
You can monitor area air quality sensors at sites like https://fire.airnow.gov/#6/47.388/-96.378
Learn more about AQI values, and what they mean for your health at https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/
