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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
411 AM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026

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411 AM CDT Wed Jul 15 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and
southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Heat index values will climb to between 95 and 100 degrees this
afternoon. The greatest impacts from the heat will be felt in the
urban core of the Twin Cities metro where little cooling relief is
expected overnight.

An Air Quality Alert is in place today for much of central and
eastern Minnesota through western Wisconsin due to wildfire smoke
from northern Minnesota being advected southeast.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

The heat wave will continue through the end of the week with
highs in the 90s and heat index values nearing 100 degrees. The
greatest impacts from the heat will be felt in the urban core of
the Twin Cities metro where little cooling relief is expected
overnight.

An Air Quality Alert is in place for Thursday for much of central
and eastern Minnesota through western Wisconsin due to wildfire
smoke from northern Minnesota being advected southeast.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

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