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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.

Periods of rain and thunder

Periods of rain and thunder

Expect highs in the mid to upper 70s in the Twin Cities metro area. Highs Saturday will be in the upper 60s over northern Minnesota, around 70 in the south.
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Showers and thunderstorms at times

Showers and thunderstorms at times

Periods of rain, and a few thunderstorms, are expected on Friday. The severe thunderstorm risk shifts to far southeastern Minnesota for Friday and Friday night.
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Severe weather outlook

Severe weather outlook

There is plenty of juicy air out ahead of the cold front, so thunderstorms are expected to become more numerous with time. Periods of thunderstorms are also expected overnight.
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July 2016 sets new global warmth record; severe weather risk Thursday

July 2016 sets new global warmth record; severe weather risk Thursday

NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information announced today that July 2016 was the warmest month on record. Per NOAA’s report : The July temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.57°F above the 20th century average of 60.4°F. This was the highest for July in the 1880–2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by…
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A steamy forecast

A steamy forecast

Periods of thunderstorms are expected Thursday night into Friday, and some severe weather will be possible. It'll be much cooler this weekend, with highs in the 70s.
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Thunderstorms at times through this evening

Thunderstorms at times through this evening

The National Weather Service says there's a slight risk of severe weather through the remainder of this afternoon and tonight for much of central and southern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities.
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Shower and t-storm chance

Shower and t-storm chance

Our gorgeous weekend weather continued into Monday, and no complaints were heard. Our average high this time of year is 81 degrees in the Twin Cities, so our Monday highs in the lower 80s were very typical for the middle of August. It’s hard to believe that we are half-way through August… it seems like we were…
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