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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.

Nice and summery today; strong to severe t-storms possible Saturday

Nice and summery today; strong to severe t-storms possible Saturday

I’d call this a nice summer day! We’ll have sunshine and patchy clouds, with highs from around 80 to the lower 80s over most of Minnesota.  Some 70s are possible right along the north shore of Lake Superior. You’ll notice the humidity creep up a bit later in the day. Saturday severe weather risk Highs Saturday will be…
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Warmer Friday, strong to severe thunderstorms possible on Saturday

Warmer Friday, strong to severe thunderstorms possible on Saturday

We have a very nice Friday on tap, with warmer temperatures and plenty of sunshine. Highs will be mostly in the 80s over southern Minnesota, and a couple of degrees either side of  80 over central and northern Minnesota. Some spots in the Twin Cities could reach about 84 degrees. You’ll notice an increase in the…
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Cool and breezy; warmer and more humid on Friday

Cool and breezy; warmer and more humid on Friday

Most of Minnesota woke up to sunny skies this morning, but pesky clouds shrouded the eastern parts of our state: We could see scattered light rain showers over eastern Minnesota this morning, with some breaks in the clouds this afternoon. It will be breezy and cool today, with highs mostly in the 70s: Temperatures and…
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Chance of showers, isolated t-storm

Chance of showers, isolated t-storm

We saw some early morning showers in parts of Minnesota, but those have moved on.  Scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm are possible later this afternoon and this evening. The most active weather today and this evening will be from eastern Iowa into far southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois and northern Indiana. A low pressure system will ignite thunderstorms in those areas as…
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Thunderstorms possible overnight and Wednesday

Thunderstorms possible overnight and Wednesday

We enjoyed some of the best weather in the country today! There was plenty of sunshine and very low humidity. Many spots in Minnesota saw highs in the lower 80s. Sounds like the kind of weather you would order up if someone was taking weather requests! Thunderstorms chances increase overnight A low pressure system will track into northwestern…
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Bright and comfortable

Bright and comfortable

A high pressure system is settling in over Minnesota, and it plans to stay through Tuesday. That’s great!  We’ll have another sunny day with low humidity. Highs Tuesday will be very typical for June 21, with 70s over northern and central Minnesota, and lower 80s to the south: The high pressure system will drift away by…
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Cooler on Monday

Cooler on Monday

Northwesterly winds will bring us cooler and less humid air on Monday. A nearby high pressure system will deliver light winds on Tuesday.
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