An air quality alert covering the entire state of Minnesota continues on Thursday, marring otherwise fairly ideal weather conditions.

Air quality warnings covering the whole state are expected to remain in place through Saturday due to Canadian wildfire smoke.

Skies over much of Minnesota looked — and smelled — much clearer and cleaner Sunday, with the most troublesome air from Canadian wildfires moving east into Wisconsin. But state and federal air quality monitors still are predicting sections of unhealthy air for people with sensitivity through Monday at noon.