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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.

Edge of winter: Mild December to close 2014?

Edge of winter: Mild December to close 2014?

So after one of the coolest and craziest weather years in recent memory what can Minnesota do for an encore in December? How about closing a cold year with an unseasonably mild December?
by Paul Huttner

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Meteorological winter chill now; El Nino ahead?

Meteorological winter chill now; El Nino ahead?

Models continue to crank out a string of days in the 30s and even a few in the 40s starting this weekend through next week. Snowfall looks scant in the next two weeks, and temps may be warm enough aloft for some light December rain.
by Paul Huttner

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Changeable Thanksgiving weekend, hints of a mild December?

Changeable Thanksgiving weekend, hints of a mild December?

Happy Thanksgiving! There is much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving weekend at the Weather Lab. Good health. The company of family and good friends. Abundance. The coldest Thanksgiving in 29 years? You had me at Happy Thanksgiving. Our wild early winter season roller coaster ride continues through Thanksgiving weekend. Snow, cold, more snow and a thaw to…
by Paul Huttner

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Clipper to bring snowy travel, frigid Thanksgiving

Clipper to bring snowy travel, frigid Thanksgiving

Snow should arrive in the metro before rush hour Wednesday morning and may affect pre-Thanksgiving travel in most of Minnesota. We rebound a bit for Black Friday into early Saturday before another cold front delivers a chilly Sunday.
by Paul Huttner

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