Dangerous heat will continue through midweek in Minnesota

Conditions will be hot and dry all week in Minnesota.

Temperatures will only cool to the 70s between Monday night and Tuesday morning.

A NEXT Weather Alert is in effect, and most of the state is under an extreme heat warning until 9 p.m. on Thursday.  

An air quality alert will be in effect for northeast Minnesota from Tuesday through Thursday due to wildfire smoke. 

It will be sunny in the Twin Cities on Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures will reach 96 degrees on both days with feels-like temps of close to 100 at times.

Thursday and Friday will be hot and humid with no rain in sight.

Temperatures will cool to between the upper 80s and low 90s this weekend.

There may be some rain on July 20.