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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.

A delightful Monday, then a chance of storms

A delightful Monday, then a chance of storms

The weekend certainly was a summer treat with seasonal temperatures and pleasant humidities. Today will be the reward for those folks who might have worked on the weekend but now have Monday off. Today Patchy high clouds have spread eastward ahead of a collapsing thunderstorm complex over South Dakota. A few showers have advanced across…
by Bill Endersen

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A lovely summer Sunday

A lovely summer Sunday

What a lovely summer Sunday this is. Areas of dense overnight fog, mainly in central and west central Minnesota, have given way to sunny skies statewide. Expect a dry day with just some decorative cumulus clouds to develop around midday. High temperatures this afternoon should range from the mid 70s in the north to the…
by Bill Endersen

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A beautiful Sunday

A beautiful Sunday

Scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm are possible this Saturday evening, then skies will clear out overnight. Light winds will allow some areas of fog to form late Saturday night into very early Sunday morning. You’re going to like Sunday! It’ll be a mostly sunny Sunday, with light winds. Dew points will be reasonable, nothing like the tropical 70…
by Ron Trenda

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Sunshine and scattered clouds, chance late afternoon shower

Sunshine and scattered clouds, chance late afternoon shower

A high pressure system is moving toward us, bringing northwesterly winds and drier air this weekend: An upper level disturbance could spawn an isolated shower or thunderstorm later this afternoon and this evening. Highs today will be very typical for this time of year: Similar highs are expected on Sunday: Temperatures warm a bit this…
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Less humid, with some sunshine

Less humid, with some sunshine

Our air-conditioners will get a break this weekend. After several warm and muggy days, many people are ready for some relief.  It’s coming! Drier air will be delivered by a  high pressure system that spreads over Minnesota this weekend: There is just a bit of lingering instability, so an isolated shower or thunderstorm could pop up Saturday afternoon…
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Heaviest rains south tonight, scattered showers/t-storms possible metro

Heaviest rains south tonight, scattered showers/t-storms possible metro

The heaviest rains this Thursday evening and overnight should be over southern Minnesota, especially south of a line from Marshall to Red Wing. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch until 1 a.m. Friday for southwestern and south-central Minnesota, and until 7 a.m. Friday for southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin: The NWS…
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