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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.

Cool and breezy

Cool and breezy

The official high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport hit 81 degrees yesterday. That was 8 degrees above average. Today we’ll have the meteorological equivalent of a “market correction”, with cooler than normal highs. Northwestern Minnesota will have highs in the upper 50s, with 60s over the remainder of Minnesota. The Twin Cities should top out…
by Ron Trenda

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Balmy today, Octoberish tomorrow. ‘Euro’ getting even better?

Balmy today, Octoberish tomorrow. ‘Euro’ getting even better?

We’re easing into September this year. We hit 80 degrees in the Twin Cities on a windy Sunday. Balmy south breezes blow again today across most of Minnesota. Temperatures once again climb toward the 80 degree mark this afternoon. Behind the front, shades of blue represent the inbound colder Canadian air mass. Highs in the…
by Paul Huttner

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Sunshine, windy by afternoon

Sunshine, windy by afternoon

We topped out at 72 degrees in the Twin Cities on Saturday, which is a couple of degrees below average. We’ll do better than that today! A low pressure system will strengthen over the Dakotas today, and drift eastward: Southerly winds will increase over Minnesota this afternoon, ahead of the low pressure system.  We’re expecting plenty of…
by Ron Trenda

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Sun and patchy clouds, cool

Sun and patchy clouds, cool

Northwesterly winds today, southerly winds on Sunday. Wind direction is a major factor in temperature trends this time of year. Our Saturday will be the cooler day of the weekend, with highs in the upper 60s over northern Minnesota: Some spots in southern Minnesota will see lower 70s this afternoon. Northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin could see a…
by Ron Trenda

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Brilliant weekend ahead, 6 dry days in a row?

Brilliant weekend ahead, 6 dry days in a row?

You spongy lawn is about to get a break. Our persistent southwest upper air flow this summer has dumped an extra 5 to 10+ inches of rainfall for many of us. Now, a pattern change to northwest flow aloft brings drier breezes starting Saturday and very likely lasting through next Thursday. Just what the weather doctor ordered for farmers with…
by Paul Huttner

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Thundershower chance; some weekend sunshine

Thundershower chance; some weekend sunshine

Most people aren’t amused when it is sunny during the work week, and the following weekend is rainy. That won’t happen this weekend! We should get most of the rain out of Minnesota by late tonight. There could be a lingering shower early Saturday morning over eastern Minnesota, followed by some sunshine. Showers/thunderstorms possible today A…
by Ron Trenda

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A pleasant Thursday

A pleasant Thursday

It’s back to the 50s today! Don’t be alarmed, we’re talking about dew point temperatures, not highs. It’ll be refreshingly dry today. Northwesterly winds have pushed the sticky dew points of the past three days out of Minnesota. Highs today will be very typical for this time of year: Some spots in the Twin Cities could touch 76…
by Ron Trenda

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