AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION THROUGH TODAY

TODAY:  SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND HOT.    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.   HIGH: NEAR 90.  WIND: SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 5 TO 20, GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

TONIGHT:  MOSTLY CLEAR.   LOW: NEAR 60

SATURDAY:  SUNNY, HOT AND DRY.   ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.   HIGH: 89 TO 93.

SUNDAY THROUGH ALL NEXT WEEK:  SUNNY HOT AND MOSTLY DRY.   HIGH: MID TO UPPER 90S.  WIND: SOUTH 5 TO 20 MPH.   AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE A FEW DAYS NEXT WEEK, ALTHOUGH UNLIKELY.

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THE FINAL WEEK OF JULY.