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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.

Flash flood emergency in northern Iowa

Flash flood emergency in northern Iowa

Decorah, Iowa, reports 8.46 inches rainfall overnight. River gauges along the Upper Iowa River show rises of more than 10 feet in a very short time early this morning.
by Paul Huttner

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Summery comeback, tropical air mass returns

Summery comeback, tropical air mass returns

Another round of thunder rumbles through late Tuesday night. Then it's weather perfection-on-a-stick to open this year's Minnesota State Fair Thursday and Friday with highs in the 70s, lower dew points and a fresh westerly breeze.
by Paul Huttner

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Warming trend; Minnesota State Fair weather history

Warming trend; Minnesota State Fair weather history

Our weekend will end with some pleasant weather! We’ll enjoy Sunday sunshine, along with scattered clouds. Highs will be mostly in the lower 70s, with some mid 70s possible over southwestern Minnesota: Some spots in the Twin Cities metro area could reach 73 degrees, but that’s still well below our average high temp of 80 degrees for…
by Ron Trenda

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Some Sunday sun, but cool

Some Sunday sun, but cool

Our Saturday high temperature was only 68 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. That is 12 degrees below our average high for August 20th of 80 degrees. It was our coldest high temperature since June 1, when we topped out at 67 degrees! Temps rebound A high pressure system will bring us some Sunday sunshine,…
by Ron Trenda

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Periods of rain today; some Sunday sunshine

Periods of rain today; some Sunday sunshine

I’m wondering who might be enjoying our rainy Saturday. Minnesota farmers don’t need additional rain right now. Golf courses are lush from tee to green, and lawns aren’t parched. Maybe shopping malls and movie theaters will see a spike in business. We’ll have periods of rain today over most of Minnesota and Wisconsin. An isolated thunderstorm is…
by Ron Trenda

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Periods of rain Saturday, some Sunday sun

Periods of rain Saturday, some Sunday sun

We don’t need any more rain in Minnesota right now, but rain is in our forecast. Many parts of central and southern Minnesota have seen two to five inches of rain in the past week: Some spots that didn’t receive two inches or more in the past 7 days had several inches of rain from the storms…
by Ron Trenda

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