# Air Quality Alert: North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; Central St. Louis; Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore; Carlton/South St. Louis — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-17 12:36 ingested 2026-07-18 15:07

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Air Quality Alert — North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; Central St. Louis; Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore; Carlton/South St. Louis
Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown.
* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air
Quality Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality Index
(AQI) is expected to reach the Maroon or Hazardous category.

* WHERE...Northeast Minnesota.

* WHEN...Until 11 AM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Everyone is more likely to be affected.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While heavy smoke retreats across portions
of north central and northeastern Minnesota today, heavy smoke is
expected to persist across much of northeastern Minnesota through
the weekend and into Monday. A separate area of heavy smoke will
move across northwestern Minnesota this morning and afternoon.
Northwestern Minnesota should see improved air quality by this
evening. Additional heavy smoke may move south from Canada this
weekend, and the air quality alert may need to be extended into
east central and southeastern Minnesota.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.