MN Weather: Are Your Allergies Acting Up? Here's Why

MINNEAPOLIS — If your eyes have been watery and you've been sneezing nearly non-stop in the past few days, there may be an easily identified culprit: wildfire smoke drifting into the Twin Cities area.

"Hazy conditions" persist Monday "due to the Canadian wildfires producing smoke high in the atmosphere drifting across Minnesota and Wisconsin."

On Sunday, smoke and haze covered two-thirds of Minnesota, according to the state Pollution Control Agency. Conditions are expected to improve by Tuesday.

"Most of the smoke remains aloft but some is making it to the surface and producing Yellow (Moderate) air quality in most of the state," the PCA said.

"For tonight and Monday wind will switch out of the south and nudge the smoke northward. AQI [air quality index] conditions should improve overall but Yellow AQIs will linger for most of the day. A cold front will advance into northern Minnesota on Tuesday into Wednesday. We will have to watch area north of the frontal boundary for smoky conditions and poor air quality."

Here's the full NWs forecast for the Twin Cities metro area:

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Monday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Light south southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Tuesday night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m. Mostly clear, with a low around 67. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 p.m. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 83. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts between three-quarters and 1 inch possible.

Wednesday night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 66. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. North wind around 5 mph.

Thursday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.