Haze from Canadian wildfires triggers air pollution advisory across large part

Heavy are smokers from Canadian wildfires is little by little shifting across Minnesota. The shifting smoke plume has also led to air quality advisories in Washington state, North and South Dakota, Colorado and Wisconsin. The quality gradually improved by midevening.

“People here in Minnesota should be prepared to change plans based onthe smoke forecast and air quality forecast”, Kohlasch said. By 4 p.m. Tuesday it was at 20.

Clear skies should remain over most of Minnesota through Tuesday and possibly into Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

At some points during the day on Monday, air quality in the Twin Cities was worse than in cities such as Los Angeles and Beijing.

The smoke, which has already been an issue in Minnesota several times this summer, is coming from many forest fires 1,000 miles or more away – in northern Saskatchewan and northern Alberta – blowing into Minnesota by northwesterly winds.

All at-risk populations may begin to experience health effects with an AQI greater than 101. But you deserve to know, and the Air Quality Index is now 117, which means people with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion. Fine particles may exacerbate pre-existing health conditions and may cause people to experience chest pain, shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing or fatigue.

There’s no timeline to contain the forest fires still burning in Canada, causing risky air conditions in Minnesota and Wisconsin.