Weather and Climate News

Emails show fallout from Trump's claims about Hurricane Dorian
A flurry of newly released emails from scientists and top officials at the federal agency responsible for weather forecasting clearly illustrate the consternation and outright alarm caused by President Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian could hit Alabama.
That strange bright object that was sighted Saturday morning was the rising sun. Our weekend forecast includes a warming trend. Details on that, plus a dip in temps this coming week.
Snow will linger across much of the Twin Cities metro area into early Friday afternoon, and there are likely to be slick spots on some roads. Our weekend temperatures will be much warmer than normal, and we even have a shot at a record. We have details on all that plus an updated Minnesota snow depth map.
Fog and light snow are slowing parts of Minnesota Friday, but by the weekend the state sees a little more sunshine and temperatures in the 40s.
Minnesota is starting Friday off with areas of fog, freezing fog and light snow, which is making for some slick spots on the roads. Temperatures are mild ahead of a big weekend warmup.
Anatomy of a very short weather balloon flight over MSP
Twice a day, meteorologists at the Twin Cities National Weather Service office launch weather balloons into the sky. Thursday morning's weather balloon flight was unusually short.