The longest air quality alert strikes Minnesota

Minnesota faces the longest Air quality alert Absolutely since the Minnesota Anti -Pollution Agency began to issue alerts in 2008.

The previous record, which was appointed in 2021, was five days. The current alert is expected to last seven days. It will remain in effect until Monday, August 4, at noon.

The Ministry of Natural Resources in Minnesota arrested all the burning permits during the warningOfficials urge people to avoid camps fire to help reduce additional air pollutants.

The meteorologist Ryan Luke said with MPCA that the prolonged alert is due to Heavy wild smoke From Canada. A strong system of high pressure along with the ongoing northwestern winds on smoke on the area.

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“Just the wide nature of smoke and its weight, this is a kind of what happens this difference and why it takes a long time until it fades.”

On Saturday, the state witnessed that unhealthy air quality levels ranged from unhealthy groups for everyone.

MPCA concentrations should decrease gradually with the shift of winds and pushing smoke to the north, but with the spread of smoke in the far south such as Tennessee and Missouri, the clearing may be slow.

“Usually, we had southern winds and this would remove smoke within a day or so,” said Luke. “We are getting southern winds in this case, but smoke is so much south that it takes some time until this clearing process occurs.”

The orange air quality index levels may continue, indicating the unhealthy conditions of sensitive groups, on Sunday and Monday.

Luke said that the gradual improvement is expected in the coming days.