Travis Clark-Smith

Smoke from Canadian wildfires may cause air quality to degrade slightly through our weekend. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has hoisted an air quality alert through the weekend, expiring at 6 pm on Monday. The MPCA is expecting air quality to deteriorate in southern Minnesota to the orange level. That means that the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups, including the elderly, young children, and those suffering from lung or heart issues.

As we return to work after the extended Memorial Day weekend, the morning commute could be a soggy one. Rain chances will be on the increase for our Tuesday and Wednesday as a meandering low pressure system hangs out in the upper Midwest. The rain will not be as widespread as it was during last week's event, but we all could see some showers at some point over the next 48 hours.

Now that the rain is gone and we are beginning to dry out, it might be a great opportunity to wash the car! The beautiful weather that has returned will be sticking around through the extended weekend with temperatures mainly in the 60s but we could get up to 70 by Sunday. Rain chances are few and far between and very slight. The biggest chance for rain in our forecast is not until Tuesday and that would be isolated showers.