While skies are clear across the northern plains, sunshine is having a tough time getting to the ground.

Brad Temeyer at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says smoke is spreading across the region from northwest to southeast……

Temeyer says the skies will stay hazy most of the day…..

Temeyer says the smoke should not reach the ground…..

Temyer says breezy conditions the next few days should help move the smoke further south, and dissipate.