Category: Wildfire Smoke
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Air Quality Alert and Weather Update for the Northland
7:07 PM Saturday, May 31, 2025 Warm temperatures are anticipated to persist in the Northland through Monday, with the peak warmth projected for that day, featuring widespread 80s and potentially a few 90s, contingent on the smoke not significantly obscuring the sun. A cold front will bring some rain to…
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Air Quality Alert: Smoke Forecast for Northeastern Minnesota
5:55 PM Wednesday, May 28, 2025 An air quality alert (red area on the map) is in effect from Thursday morning at 8 AM through late Friday afternoon at 6 PM for northeastern Minnesota. Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires in southeast Manitoba is expected to move southeast into northeastern Minnesota…
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Northland Weather Update: Showers and Storms Ahead
5:30 PM Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Isolated showers and thunderstorms are anticipated on Wednesday across portions of the Northland, particularly in northwest Wisconsin and far eastern Minnesota. While showers are expected to be quite scattered, areas where they do occur may experience brief heavy downpours. However, a widespread rain event…
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Record High Temperatures in the Northland: May 12th 2025
5:26 PM Monday, May 12, 2025 A large upper-level ridge remained over the upper Midwest today, with plenty of heat and sunshine occurring near this ridge, with temperatures in the 80s and 90s. More record breaking warmth in the Northland today. New record high temperatures set or tied for May…
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Potential First Snow in Northland This Sunday Night
6:19 PM Thursday, October 10, 2024 While the probability is low, there’s still a possibility that areas of the Northland might see their season’s first snowflakes between Sunday night and Monday, as a cold air mass moves into the region for a short duration. The weather forecast suggests that 850mb…
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Latest on Hurricane Milton: Weather Update for the Northland with some Rain & possible Flurries this weekend-early next week
6:15 PM Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Hurricane Milton, now a Category 3 storm with winds reaching 120 mph, is approaching the west coast of Florida this afternoon. The storm’s eye is anticipated to pass near Longboat Key or in the vicinity between Bradenton and Venice tonight. Radar loop ends 5:25…
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The warm and dry weather pattern persists.
6:05 PM Wednesday, September 11, 2024 The Northland experienced another warm September afternoon, with temperatures spanning from the upper 70s to the low-mid 80s. Slightly cooler conditions were present in the far northern regions of Minnesota near the Ontario border. There are no indications of significant cooling in Duluth until…