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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Updraft® is your source for Minnesota forecasts and insights from our expert meteorologists, Paul Huttner, Sven Sundgaard and Mandy Thalhuber.

MPR News brings you the latest weather outlook, across all of Minnesota, so you can be better prepared for your day.

Cooler here; Florida braces for Matthew

Cooler here; Florida braces for Matthew

Overnight rain totals included .67 of an inch at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and .52 of an inch in Eden Prairie. Higher amounts, in the one to two inch range, fell from around Fairmont to just south of St. Cloud. Here are 24 hour rainfall estimates from the National Weather Service radar in Chanhassen: Showers…
by Ron Trenda

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Rainy overnight, Matthew forecast track drama grows

Rainy overnight, Matthew forecast track drama grows

We’re getting of lucky in Minnesota this week. A band of showers and embedded T-Storms works slowly east across Minnesota overnight. The best chance for an inch of rainfall blankets west central Minnesota from Redwood Falls to Alex. NOAA’s NAM 4 km model paints rainfall wave #1 tonight. A dry slot works in late Wednesday…
by Paul Huttner

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Weather winning streak; fall colors

Weather winning streak; fall colors

I don’t think you could order up a better stretch of early-October weather in Minnesota. Ryder Cup golfers and spectators have enjoyed plenty of sunshine and light winds at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska over the past two days. They’ll enjoy gorgeous weather again today for the final day of competition. A nearby high pressure system…
by Ron Trenda

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Dry weekend at Ryder Cup

Dry weekend at Ryder Cup

Sunshine and patchy clouds are on tap for today, and Sunday will feature ample sunshine after possible early morning fog.
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Aurora watch, Hurricane Matthew rapidly reaches Cat 4

Aurora watch, Hurricane Matthew rapidly reaches Cat 4

It could be another wild night in the skies above Minnesota. WOW! Northern Lights seen early this morning from Zimmerman, Minnesota. Photo credit: Amit Kulkarni. #Aurora #NorthernLights #MNwx pic.twitter.com/LdxxRzpivu — Mark Tarello (@mark_tarello) September 30, 2016 A G2 class geomagnetic storm continues to bombard earth’s magnetosphere with a brisk solar wind. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction…
by Paul Huttner

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No rain for the Ryder Cup

No rain for the Ryder Cup

Plans for the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska began several years ago. One thing that is out of the planner’s control is the weather. I’m sure there’s a great sense of relief at Hazeltine National, because the forecast doesn’t include any rain or lightning today through Sunday. They had to deal with a…
by Ron Trenda

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