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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.

Sun and patchy clouds today, snow possible Wednesday

Sun and patchy clouds today, snow possible Wednesday

Today is the first full day of Spring! The vernal equinox occurred at 1130 pm CDT Saturday night, and our sunsets will happen later and later over the next three months. In the Twin Cities, our sunset time reaches 9:04 pm during the third week of June! This tweet from NOAA caught my eye today: Scientists at…
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Flakes into early afternoon today, some sun on Sunday

Flakes into early afternoon today, some sun on Sunday

We had a quick inch or two of snow early this morning over much of the Twin Cities metro area, and many roads are slippery. Be careful if you are driving this Saturday morning, and allow extra travel time. Slippery roads are also being reported over southern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin this morning. Periods of light snow…
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Few flakes possible Saturday, peeks of sun on Sunday

Few flakes possible Saturday, peeks of sun on Sunday

The days all seem kind of similar lately. Lots of clouds, occasional flakes, then repeat. High temperatures are stuck near normal, and no big temperature changes are in sight. We could see occasional flakes overnight and Saturday morning over Minnesota and western Wisconsin: Highs on Saturday will be close to normal for this time of…
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Some flakes, rain showers possible

Some flakes, rain showers possible

A low-pressure trough keeps the chance of snow showers, possibly mixed with some raindrops, in our forecast today through Saturday morning.
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Ice out of Minnetonka, flakes still possible

Ice out of Minnetonka, flakes still possible

The ice went out of Lake Minnetonka this morning, and spring cannot be far away. Here is the late afternoon webcam view: According to the Freshwater Society: “Freshwater Society and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Water Patrol returned to shore early this morning and declared the lake to be ice free as of Thursday, March 17 at 12:16…
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