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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.

Rain, thunder and hail rumble through

Rain, thunder and hail rumble through

The Weather Lab Doppler is lighting up today. Many of us will get some much needed rainfall today, and the risk of severe weather through midday is relatively low.
by Paul Huttner

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Scattered rain and thunder continues

Scattered rain and thunder continues

Our more active weather pattern continues Wednesday. Scattered hit or miss thunderstorms stay in the forecast.  The next low pressure wave rides north Wednesday with another round of rain and thunder. A few of the storms could reach (borderline) severe limits. Rainfall totals of 2″ to 3″+ are possible across southern Minnesota in the coming…
by Paul Huttner

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Instant summer today, active pattern next 2 weeks?

Instant summer today, active pattern next 2 weeks?

Timing is everything in life, and in weather. Summer rainfall in the Midwest is like a game of darts or roulette. Feast or famine. Hit or miss. Strikes and gutters? Last night’s rainfall was all or nothing. Downpours dumped some 2″ to 3″+ rainfall totals west of the metro around Cokato. Many north and northwest metro…
by Paul Huttner

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Sunshine and 80s today; Monday rain and thunder

Sunshine and 80s today; Monday rain and thunder

We hit 80 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International  Airport on Saturday. Our Sunday high will be one notch higher, in the lower 80s: Many spots in Minnesota will top out in the lower 80s today, but it will be several degrees cooler along the north shore of Lake Superior due to winds off the lake.…
by Ron Trenda

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70s and some 80s this weekend, Monday rain

70s and some 80s this weekend, Monday rain

My wife Deb and I enjoyed dinner out on the front porch Friday evening. The weather was great, and Deb mentioned that she really likes outdoor dining this time of year because there are no mosquitoes! I would bet that the frosty temps of last Saturday and the dry weather of the past few days will delay our mosquito season a bit more. I…
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Nice weekend, rain on Monday

Nice weekend, rain on Monday

A nice weekend is on tap. Temperatures tomorrow will be about 20 degrees warmer than the chilly temps that we endured during the fishing opener last Saturday: We can thank a high pressure system, which will linger nearby tomorrow and much of Sunday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible over western Minnesota on Sunday evening,…
by Ron Trenda

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Nice weekend

Nice weekend

Our low temp in the Twin Cities will be in the lower 50s this Saturday, and our high will be around 76. Showers and thunderstorms could arrive in western Minnesota as early as Sunday evening.
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