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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.

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90s return Friday; storms Saturday

90s return Friday; storms Saturday

Heat and humidity return Friday. Scattered storms develop Saturday along with a risk of severe weather. More comfortable and normal temperatures return Sunday.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Heat, humidity return; 1987 'Super Storm' anniversary

Heat, humidity return; 1987 'Super Storm' anniversary

It’ll get hot and muggy again Friday into Saturday. Saturday also brings the threat of storms and possible severe weather. A prolonged stretch of seasonable temperatures follows.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Lots of sun Thursday; hotter Friday; storms Saturday

Lots of sun Thursday; hotter Friday; storms Saturday

Thursday will be comfortable but very warm still. Dew points increase Friday and Saturday along with temperatures heating up. There’ll be a few showers overnight Thursday night with a better chance of scattered storms Saturday.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Sunny Thursday; hotter Friday

Sunny Thursday; hotter Friday

We’ll have plenty of sunshine Thursday. Temperatures will be hotter again Friday with the best chance of some thunderstorms Saturday into Saturday night. Next week brings more seasonable, comfortable temperatures.
by Sven Sundgaard

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It's a Kansas City summer in the Twin Cities

It's a Kansas City summer in the Twin Cities

The past 30 days are the sixth warmest such period on record in the Twin Cities.
by Paul Huttner

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Season's first wildfire smoke drifting over Minnesota Wednesday

Season's first wildfire smoke drifting over Minnesota Wednesday

Wildfires in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are pumping smoke toward Minnesota. The smoke plumes are riding in on the gusty northwest wind flow behind a cool front that blew into Minnesota Tuesday night.
by Paul Huttner

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Above-normal temperatures continue

Above-normal temperatures continue

It will remain very warm across the region but a little cooler with slightly lower dew points Wednesday and Thursday. The next chance of some thunderstorms arrives Saturday for most with isolated thunder chances Wednesday night and Thursday night in western Minnesota.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Not as hot Wednesday; continued dry

Not as hot Wednesday; continued dry

It will still be very warm or even hot, but not like the last two days with lower dew points and slightly cooler temperatures. We will be mainly dry Wednesday and Thursday.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Relief! Cool front blows through Minnesota overnight

A summer cool front is breezing through Minnesota. A few strong to severe storms up north through this evening.
by Paul Huttner

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