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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.

Summer comeback ahead

Summer comeback ahead

Overall the weather pattern looks fairly nice the next week or so. More summer than fall. More days in the 70s that 60s.
by Paul Huttner

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Climate Cast: Is climate change destabilizing Iraq?

Climate Cast: Is climate change destabilizing Iraq?

The link between what we see as news events and climate change is often obscure. Does a particular extreme weather event, flood, or drought have it’s roots in climate changes? That question is increasingly being asked as the worst drought on record unfolds in California, even as extreme rainfall events set all time rainfall records  in nearby Phoenix.…
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Forecast: More summer than fall

Forecast: More summer than fall

The rest of this week looks slightly more like summer than fall. Scattered showers creep into the forecast as early as Friday morning as a warm front bubbles through.
by Paul Huttner

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September warmth, Odile soaks Desert Southwest

September warmth, Odile soaks Desert Southwest

Our weather winning streak continues across Minnesota this week. It seems we’ve had half a summer this year in Minnesota. The last half of September may give us back some of what we missed this summer. Just when you think Minnesota weather is ready to shut the front door on summer, the good graces of southerly…
by Paul Huttner

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Odile slams Cabo, Arizona flash floods next?

Odile slams Cabo, Arizona flash floods next?

Odile is creeping up the Gulf of California toward the southwest U.S. today. Its unusual track, crawling up the Gulf of California toward Arizona may create unprecedented flooding for the Desert Southwest.
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Warming trend builds, 70s return

Warming trend builds, 70s return

Our October preview is in the final act. It looks like summer is ready to make a comeback as the second half of September unfolds.
by Paul Huttner

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