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Detroit Weather: Air Quality Alert through Friday for smoke

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An Air Quality Alert has been issued through Friday for all of southeast Michigan as the area deals with smoke from wildfires in Quebec and Ontario. It could be worse tomorrow, especially in the morning.

If you are bothered by the increase in pollution, stay indoors and run the fan on your furnace to filter the air. Limit prolonged outdoor exertion. 

Amounts of hazy sun will vary through Saturday. Rain chances are likely Sunday afternoon through Tuesday. Many rain amounts over that period could be close to 1".

Tonight: Hazy sky, cool night. Temps in the upper 40s to low 50s. Winds: N 5-10 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny with hazy sun and highs in the mid to upper 70s. Winds: NW 5-10 mph.

Saturday: Partly to mostly sunny with highs in the low to mid 80s. Winds: W 5-10 mph

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