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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.

Wintry Thanksgiving mix, 40 again by Sunday?

Wintry Thanksgiving mix, 40 again by Sunday?

A low pressure wave trails a cold front through Minnesota Thanksgiving Day. The resulting mix of icy precipitation and snow should be enough to produce some snow-covered and slick roads, especially southeast of the Twin Cities.
by Paul Huttner

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Edge of snowy travel on Thanksgiving

Edge of snowy travel on Thanksgiving

Next weather system is inbound tomorrow, and brings light rain and drizzle, then the potential for the first measurable snowfall of the season for the Twin Cities and southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
by Paul Huttner

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Mild Monday, Thanksgiving mess trending east?

Mild Monday, Thanksgiving mess trending east?

Thanksgiving week starts on a milder than average note. By Wednesday our next weather system slides in with fog and drizzle, The latest trends suggest the bulk of the system may push the heaviest rain/snow zone east into Wisconsin for Thanksgiving Day.
by Paul Huttner

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Finally winter, Thanksgiving storm potential?

Finally winter, Thanksgiving storm potential?

Our unseasonably mild November is history. The weather maps for the next two weeks look more like the season formerly know as November. Wind chill. Ice on your local pond. Brisk breezes on your face.
by Paul Huttner

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Instant winter: wind, cold and snow

Instant winter: wind, cold and snow

Winter weather advisories are flying for northern Minnesota through tonight. I could see a swath of 2 inches to as much as 6 inches across the Canadian border regions by Thursday morning.
by Paul Huttner

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Off the Charts: October’s global warmth is unprecedented

Off the Charts: October’s global warmth is unprecedented

NASA and NOAA report that October 2015 was the warmest October on record globally and the most unusually warm month ever recorded when compared to average. October 2015 now ranks #1 out of 1630 months in the NOAA global temperature departure data set. A stunning 7 months of 2015 are among the 10 highest monthly temperature departures, and every month in 2015 is among the 25 highest.
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