ST. PAUL, MN – The air quality in Minnesota is forecast to deteriorate on Tuesday.
Officials with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency have issued an air quality alert for a majority of Minnesota beginning at 6 a.m. Tuesday. The areas impacted include central, east central, west central, north central, northwest, and northeast Minnesota.
“Northwesterly winds will transport heavy surface smoke from wildfires across Manitoba and Saskatchewan into northern Minnesota, beginning Tuesday morning,” the agency said in a Monday update. “Smoke will spread south into central Minnesota through the day Tuesday and may continue into southern Minnesota overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.”
The agency says the alert may be extended beyond Wednesday at 11 p.m.
