MPCA meteorologist keeps eye on wildfire smoke heading to Minnesota
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An increasing number of wildfires in Canada and the western U.S. is pumping smoke toward Minnesota.
But how much smoke will reach Minnesota? And how do meteorologists forecast wildfire smoke events and trends across the state?
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s supervisory meteorologist Matt Taraldsen talks about the wildfire smoke that sullies Minnesota’s blue skies and triggers air quality alerts.
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