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SE Wisconsin weather: Mostly sunny Friday, little haze/smoke

We have a beautiful Father's Day weekend ahead. We should see plenty of sunshine Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with highs ranging from the 70s lakeside to the 80s inland.
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The Air Quality Alert has been expanded to include all counties in SE WI, and will now be in effect until Midnight. Those with cardiac or lung issues, the elderly, and young children will want to limit outdoor time today.

View the Wisconsin DNR's air quality map here.

Advisory for PM2.5 (Orange/Red)
Start Date/Time:Thursday, June 15 - 8:00 am CDT
End Date/Time:Friday, June 16 - 12:00 am CDT
Counties:Adams, Barron, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Saint Croix, Sauk, Shawano, Sheboygan, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood
Comments:Smoke originating from Canadian wildfires continues to impact the surface across southwest Wisconsin this morning. As daytime heating and vertical mixing increases, surface smoke impacts may also increase, spreading north and east.

The highest PM2.5 concentrations are anticipated in the southwest and Mississippi and Wisconsin River Valleys today, where the air quality index is expected to range from the UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS to the UNHEALTHY level. In these areas, people with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion, while everyone else should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.

Cleaner air streaming in from the northeast along with the formation of a lake breeze this afternoon will lead to lower PM2.5 concentrations across the northern and eastern portions of the advisory area. Here, the air quality index is expected to range from the MODERATE to the UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS level. In these areas, people with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.

Clouds and smoke blanketed the skies much of the day. Air quality will remain unhealthy at times this evening but not as bad as earlier today. Skies remain mostly cloudy overnight tonight, but the smoke should continue to improve. Lows tonight range from the middle 50s lakeside to the upper 40s inland.

We have a beautiful Father's Day weekend ahead. We should see plenty of sunshine Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with highs ranging from the 70s lakeside to the 80s inland. There is a small chance for thunderstorms Sunday night.

TONIGHT:    Mostly Cloudy
Low:  55 Lake 48 Inland            
Wind:       N 10 mph

FRIDAY:     
Mostly Sunny. Little Haze/Smoke
High: 70 Lake 76 Inland
Wind:       NE 10 mph

SATURDAY:   
Mostly Sunny
High:       77 Lake 83 Inland

SUNDAY:     
Partly Cloudy. Slight Ch. T-Storm At Night
High:       77 Lake 82 Inland

MONDAY:     
Mostly Sunny
High:       78 Lake 85 Inland


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