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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.

Warmer, with a chance of thunderstorms

Warmer, with a chance of thunderstorms

Our early morning fog has lifted, and we’ll have some periods of filtered sunshine through this afternoon. Some of us could also see a thunderstorm this afternoon and tonight, as a warm front moves through Minnesota: The last couple frames in the loop show a cold front moving through Minnesota Monday night, which could ignite a…
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Dense fog advisory, chance thunderstorms

Dense fog advisory, chance thunderstorms

We begin our Sunday with areas of dense fog over much of central and eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A dense fog advisory remains in effect until 9 a.m. for most of that area, and goes to 10 a.m. over southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin: Details of the dense fog advisory from NWS Twin Cities: .DENSE…
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Warmer, with a thunderstorm chance

Warmer, with a thunderstorm chance

Saturday’s high in the Twin Cities was only 68 degrees. Stubborn cloud cover over eastern Minnesota kept us from matching the lower 70s that were seen in western Minnesota. Our Sunday will be warmer. We have nowhere to go but up! Highs in the lower 80s are expected over much of central and southern Minnesota:…
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NW MN and west-central MN: severe thunderstorm watch

NW MN and west-central MN: severe thunderstorm watch

The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch, valid until 10 p.m. this Saturday evening, for much of northwestern and west-central Minnesota: The primary severe weather threats in and close to the watch area will be very large hail (possibly up to 2.5 inches in diameter) and damaging…
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Some showers, possibly a thunderstorm

Some showers, possibly a thunderstorm

Our Saturday is starting out showery over much of Minnesota. The showers will diminish by late morning over southern Minnesota, but rain could return later this afternoon or this evening in the form of scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm. An upper level disturbance could ignite some thunderstorms over northwestern and west-central Minnesota this afternoon. Those thunderstorms…
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Occasional showers and t-storms, some sun

Occasional showers and t-storms, some sun

The weekend won’t be a washout, but there is a good chance that we’ll see some showers and thunderstorms at times. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the general rain pattern this weekend: The best thunderstorm chances Saturday morning appear to be over northwestern Minnesota and west-central Minnesota. Scattered thunderstorms could spread across…
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Minnesota State Fair winning forecast

Minnesota State Fair winning forecast

If you could order up your ideal weather for the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair, it would probably look much like today's sun-splashed 70s. Humidity will also be low today.
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