Hazy/smokey sunshine this afternoon; Sunday turns stormy
Smoke from the Canadian wild fires continues to dim the sunshine over Minnesota on this Holiday. As the smoke mixes down from above it is reducing the visibilities at the surface level as well as lowering the air quality.
The filmy/wispy smoke is discernible as the milky gray on this satellite image.
You can track the air quality from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Quiet weather today and this evening should be dandy for Independence Day celebrations. Late afternoon temperatures will be seasonal.
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A surge of very warm air rides southerly winds on Sunday. At the same time dew points at the surface climb into the 60s. Sunday afternoon and night are expected to be stormy with locally heavy rainfall.
Thunderstorms, with heavy rain are most likely overnight on Sunday and into Monday morning. Some of the storms late afternoon and evening on Sunday may be severe.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's North American Model is painting the potential for a couple inches of rain from southwest through central Minnesota Sunday night through midday on Monday.
Made-man fireworks tonight will be replaced by nature's fireworks on Sunday night. I'd hold over watering until we see what rain falls on Sunday night.