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.

July 17, 2015 11:41 AM

Bumpy storms early Saturday, then beautiful weekend

Mid-July and it’s fairly hot and a little stormy. Somebody alert the media. 90 degrees high temp at MSP Airport Friday (3:48 pm) 2nd 90 degree day of 2015 Our weekend forecast starts on a hot and slightly stormy note, then transitions into what could be one of the best weekends of the summer in…

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July 16, 2015 1:12 PM

Friday hot front, 2015 hottest on record so far

You'd be forgiven if you woke up from a long nap Thursday and though it was late September.

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July 16, 2015 2:57 AM

Dodging showers today

It still looks like the heaviest rainfall centers on southern Minnesota today. A muggy air mass brings scattered showers and T-Storms to parts of the state.

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July 15, 2015 12:57 PM

Rain forest: Heaviest rains south of metro today

Ever wondered what it's like to live in a rain forest? The past two weeks may be as close as most Minnesotans will get.

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July 15, 2015 3:37 AM

Hurricane Hunters flew through Sunday’s severe storms

NOAA has been watching nighttime storms for the first half of summer to try and understand why these storms often form in the heat of the night. The project called PECAN wraps up today.

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July 14, 2015 1:21 PM

Temporary dew point relief then weekend heat

We enjoy a brief respite from humidity overnight and early Wednesday as a slight northeast breeze lowers dew points into the upper 50s from the metro north and east.

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July 14, 2015 3:48 AM

Free AC, dangerous swimming in Lake Superior

AC units may get a break across Minnesota later today. A temporary infusion of cooler and drier air from Canada oozes south into Minnesota for the next 48 hours. You may even be tempted to sleep with the windows open tonight.

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July 13, 2015 1:10 PM

Cooler Tuesday, Minneapolis #2 on Climate Disruption Index

Think climate change impacts coastal cities most? Think again. According to The Weather Channels new Climate Disruption Index, the Twin Cities rank among the highest cities affected by climate changes. Minneapolis comes in at #2, behind only New Orleans. St. Paul comes in at #8.

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July 13, 2015 10:30 AM

On edge of Severe T-Storm Watch until 9 pm

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9 pm for much of Wisconsin and a chunk of southeast Minnesota

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July 13, 2015 3:40 AM

Tallying up Sunday storms

Sunday's swath of severe thunderstorms left a trail of wind damage, heavy rainfall and nearly continuous lightning from near Fargo through the Brainerd lakes area all the way down I-94 into the metro.

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