air quality alert

The National Weather Service has issued an Air Quality Alert for a lot of Eastern and Central Minnesota today (9/14/17) from 12 PM - 8 PM. This is an "orange" alert. But what does that event mean? Let's break it down.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert this morning for Central Minnesota. The areas in the most danger include St. Cloud and parts of the Twin Cities metro. According to the agency, the warning is in effect until 8 p.m. this evening due to today's high temperatures reaching near 90 degrees mixed with wildfire smoke and lots of sunshine.