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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.

Gusty Monday, hot front arrives Friday

Gusty Monday, hot front arrives Friday

High pressure builds south early this week with drier skies and comfortable northwest flow. But dew points above the "tropical" 70-degree threshold are looking more likely by Friday and Saturday.
by Paul Huttner

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Warmer today with isolated thunder possible; cooler and showery Monday

Warmer today with isolated thunder possible; cooler and showery Monday

This will be the nicer day of the weekend for most of Minnesota, but it will be breezy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this Sunday afternoon and evening over northeastern Minnesota and much of northwestern and west-central Wisconsin. Here is the forecast rainfall pattern, today through Monday night, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s…
by Ron Trenda

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Cool with scattered showers today; some Sunday sun

Cool with scattered showers today; some Sunday sun

It’s the weekend, so a lot of us have outdoor plans. I wish that I could give you a completely dry forecast, but I cannot. A pesky low pressure system over eastern Minnesota this Saturday morning will move slowly away over the next 12-18 hours. We’ll see scattered showers at times today, and an isolated thunderstorm…
by Ron Trenda

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Tracking 90 degree heat next week, Tropical Storm Colin?

Tracking 90 degree heat next week, Tropical Storm Colin?

Easing into summer Summer creeps in on cat’s paws in Minnesota. Glancing reference to the eloquent Carl Sandburg aside, summer has a way of drifting stealthily into Minnesota. One day the sun feels warm. Gentle balmy south breezes blow over dandelion-laced lawns. A few puffy white cumulus clouds decorate an otherwise deep blue sky. The slightly sticky…
by Paul Huttner

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Showers and thunderstorms at times, severe weather is possible

Showers and thunderstorms at times, severe weather is possible

Some severe thunderstorms are possible today and tonight, so listen to Minnesota Public Radio and keep your NOAA weather radio nearby. It’s a good idea to keep track of which county you are in if you are traveling, since warnings are issued by county. A low pressure system and trailing cold front will ignite thunderstorms over Minnesota. Here…
by Ron Trenda

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Stormy Friday: Severe wind and hail risk

Stormy Friday: Severe wind and hail risk

Keep the weather radio and MPR News handy Friday. A fairly strong low pressure system moves through Minnesota Friday. There are still uncertainties around just how much severe weather will occur, but the threat for severe storms packing high winds, hail and even a few tornadoes is there Friday across a good chunk of Minnesota…
by Paul Huttner

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Postcard beautiful Thursday, watching Friday severe risk

Postcard beautiful Thursday, watching Friday severe risk

Welcome to Minnesota. Please wait at the 4-way stop sign while nobody moves first as you wave the other drivers through. Commute on our congested northbound freeways on Friday afternoon to get away to the lake, then race back home Sunday. And if you don’t like the weather just wait 15 minutes. It will change.…
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