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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.

“Significant” severe storm risk Wednesday

“Significant” severe storm risk Wednesday

It may be a bumpy Wednesday across Minnesota. An aggressive warm front is pushing north with higher dew points and plenty of shear to drive scattered severe storms. The highest risk for severe coverage runs along and north of the Interstate-94 corridor Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday night. Here’s a look at our next weather maker. A…
by Paul Huttner

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Back to school perfection, severe risk Wednesday

Back to school perfection, severe risk Wednesday

This week attempts to make up its mind between summer and fall. Moisture and tropical dew points surge north again Wednesday. Scattered storms will rumble in as heat and humidity build Wednesday and Thursday.
by Paul Huttner

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Threat for severe storms, mainly late afternoon and evening

Threat for severe storms, mainly late afternoon and evening

A few rogue showers and thunderstorms may  roam Minnesota through early afternoon, but the chance for strong to severe storms is most likely later in the day and into tonight.  You’ll want to keep sky aware for the potential for severe storms. From the Storm Prediction Center; they have outlined the risk for tornadoes that…
by Craig Edwards

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Unsettled weather today and again later on Sunday

Unsettled weather today and again later on Sunday

While some parts of Minnesota have received more than their share of rain in July and August, the core of the Twin Cities metro area has been missed frequently. I had measured just one inch of rain in my back yard in Minneapolis this month up until the thunderstorm that woke me at 3 a.m.…
by Bill Endersen

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Showers likely tonight, sunshine back on Saturday

Showers likely tonight, sunshine back on Saturday

As predicted by a couple of the computer models, the bulk of the rain split over central Minnesota. At 4 p.m., heavy rain was reported at Albert Lea to the south and Benson to the west. Several weather reporting stations around the Twin Cities metro checked in with a mere 0.02 inch of rainfall today. On…
by Craig Edwards

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Rain near? Mixed signals continue on where, how much

Rain near? Mixed signals continue on where, how much

There are still mixed signals on the rainfall expected over the state today.  You’ll want to check your favorite radar app from time to time this afternoon. The hourly High Resolution Rapid Refresh Model was pretty good on the forecast for the location of rain at 11 a.m. Here was the earlier forecast this morning…
by Craig Edwards

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Delightful afternoon, but changes on the way

Delightful afternoon, but changes on the way

Clouds will thicken in southwest Minnesota overnight and in central Minnesota on Thursday morning. Rain and thunderstorms are forecast to spread east and northeast Thursday morning into east central and southeast Minnesota.
by Craig Edwards

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Another nice day, but turning soggy southeast

Another nice day, but turning soggy southeast

Looking ahead to the holiday weekend, it appears that Saturday will be the nicer day. Comfortable temperatures are in store. A better chance for thunderstorms developing in a warmer air mass is expected on Sunday.
by Craig Edwards

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