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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.

Cool front today, but warm September overall?

Cool front today, but warm September overall?

We're off and running on a warm start to September in Minnesota. The speed bump you feel today is a cold front pushing south. Get ready for about 48 hours of cool weather, before the next warm front slides north by Sunday.
by Paul Huttner

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Season’s coolest air mass on the way

Season’s coolest air mass on the way

Scattered showers gather today and tonight ahead of the advancing front. The season's strongest cold front so far pushes through Thursday on increasingly chilly northwest breezes.
by Paul Huttner

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September: a month of transition

September: a month of transition

September in Minnesota is usually a month of rapid transition from the heat, bouts of humidity and rounds of thunderstorms to cooler and much drier weather. "Crisp" often can be used to describe morning temperatures, especially later in the month.
by Bill Endersen

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Muggy with occasional rumbles

Muggy with occasional rumbles

This weekend will feature tropical humidity levels, with dew points in the 70s.  Highs in the 80s will give us heat index values in the 90s over much of Minnesota and Wisconsin. A few scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible Friday night and Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to become more numerous Saturday night into Sunday and Sunday night, but…
by Ron Trenda

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Summer lingers

Summer lingers

You probably weren’t amused by the blustery northwesterly winds and autumn-like chill of August 24th.  Our high temp in the Twin Cities was only 67 degrees that day, and some people were thinking that summer was over.  Minnesotans learn to adjust to meteorological bumps in the road. Our high temps rebounded nicely by late August, and they are currently running 6 to 12 degrees…
by Ron Trenda

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