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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Updraft® is your source for Minnesota forecasts and insights from our expert meteorologists Sven Sundgaard and Mandy Thalhuber.

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Winter Hazard Awareness Week: Understanding winter storms

Winter Hazard Awareness Week: Understanding winter storms

It’s Winter Hazard Awareness Week, and it serves as a gentle reminder that our cold-season weather brings its own unique set of challenges. Monday’s focus highlights winter storms, one of the most disruptive and dangerous winter hazards we face each year.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Increasing clouds Monday with a wintry mix south into the night

Increasing clouds Monday with a wintry mix south into the night

Cooler, more seasonable weather will persist this week. Minnesota will be grazed by a couple systems with the first bringing a wintry mix Monday night to southern Minnesota. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Complex early-week system with tight rain and snow cutoff

Complex early-week system with tight rain and snow cutoff

An early-week system is expected to bring a mix of rain and snow, with a very tight cutoff that may lead to big differences over short distances. Behind it, overall dry and seasonable weather will take shape for the remainder of the week.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Bright skies, light winds and warmer temperatures

Bright skies, light winds and warmer temperatures

Bright skies, light winds, and warmer temperatures wrap up the weekend, but a quick shift arrives Monday night when our next system could bring a wintry mix.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Quiet night ahead; comfortable Sunday to follow

Quiet night ahead; comfortable Sunday to follow

After winds ease tonight, we head into a quiet and seasonal Sunday, with temperatures trending a bit warmer than what’s typical for mid-November.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Record warmth gives way to a cooler weekend

Record warmth gives way to a cooler weekend

The mildest air mass on record so late in November blew into Minnesota Friday.
by Paul Huttner

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Fall glitches as record-high temperatures soar Friday

Fall glitches as record-high temperatures soar Friday

A burst of unseasonable warmth is sweeping across the region Friday, sending mid-November temperatures soaring far above normal and potentially breaking daily records.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Late season warmth Friday followed by a cold front this weekend

Late season warmth Friday followed by a cold front this weekend

Anomalous warmth will peak Friday with highs well into the 60s across southern Minnesota. Some spots in southwestern Minnesota could reach nearly 70 degrees. A cold front moves through early Saturday. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Near-record warmth Friday; cooler again this weekend

Near-record warmth Friday; cooler again this weekend

A balmy air mass will bring highs to near 70 degrees in southwestern Minnesota Friday afternoon.
by Paul Huttner

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