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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.

November reality check now, near 60 again Sunday?

November reality check now, near 60 again Sunday?

Cooler northwest winds are sweeping through Minnesota as expected. More typical November chill levels last through Friday and Saturday. Words like frost and freeze returns to the forecast as we move toward the weekend.
by Paul Huttner

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Winter Forecast: Godzilla El Nino vs. Siberian Snow Monster?

Winter Forecast: Godzilla El Nino vs. Siberian Snow Monster?

The winter of 2015-16 would make for a good Japanese horror flick. In the epic final scene, the Godzilla El Nino rears up and sleighs the Siberian snow monster once and for all, and milder than average breezes dominate the winter landscape across the Upper Midwest as fire-hose atmospheric rivers blast California with drought denting rains and deep mountain snows.
by Paul Huttner

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Overnight fog, then a warm Wednesday

Overnight fog, then a warm Wednesday

It is unusually warm right now over much of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and we are also seeing higher than normal dew points. As moist air moved over Lake Superior this evening, it cooled to the dew point and some areas of dense fog developed. The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory until 10 a.m. Wednesday for areas…
by Ron Trenda

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Near-record high temperatures today

Near-record high temperatures today

Expect highs in the low 70s across most of central and southern Minnesota. Record highs of 74 in the Twin Cities and St. Cloud might be in jeopardy.
by Bill Endersen

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September in November

September in November

Our high temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 70 degrees today. That was just 2 degrees shy of our record high for this date, and it was a whopping 21 degrees above normal.   Seventy degrees is our normal high temperature for September 21! High temperatures on Tuesday will be well above normal in southern and central Minnesota, and…
by Ron Trenda

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Three unseasonably warm days are coming

Three unseasonably warm days are coming

By the time the chilly air finishes pouring into Minnesota, our coldest day this week is likely to be Saturday with highs only from the upper 30s in the far north to the mid 40s in the middle and south.
by Bill Endersen

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Warmer weekend temperatures

Warmer weekend temperatures

Incredible rains hit the Austin, Texas area on Friday, with double digit totals in some spots. At the Austin, Texas airport, they reported 5.76 inches of rain in just one hour this morning. Flash flood warnings continued into Friday evening in the Austin area. There isn’t any heavy rain in our Minnesota forecast. After some showers…
by Ron Trenda

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Windy and cool today, then warming

Windy and cool today, then warming

Snow fell on much of Minnesota during the overnight hours, but above-freezing air temperatures and warm ground melted most of it rather quickly. Early this morning a large area of mixed rain, snow and drizzle lingers over northeastern Minnesota and the nearby south shore of Wisconsin. Temperatures generally warmed a bit overnight as milder air…
by Bill Endersen

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