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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

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

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Cloudy, cooler Friday with occasional showers

Cloudy, cooler Friday with occasional showers

With a sluggish low-pressure system lingering overhead, expect isolated to scattered showers through the area as temperatures settle back into their seasonal range.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Incoming rainfall to help balance out drier start to September

Incoming rainfall to help balance out drier start to September

Multiple rounds of rainfall are expected to help offset the drier start to September with slowly moving or repeated showers potentially bringing several inches of moisture to the region.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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More rain chances ahead with cooler temperatures Friday, Saturday

More rain chances ahead with cooler temperatures Friday, Saturday

A slowly moving upper low will continue to keep periodic rain chances in the forecast through the weekend. We’ll also see cooler air Friday and Saturday. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Pattern change: Occasional rain and thunder into the weekend

Pattern change: Occasional rain and thunder into the weekend

A slowly moving low-pressure system brings occasional scattered rain and thunder to much of central and southern Minnesota into the upcoming weekend.
by Paul Huttner

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More unsettled pattern develops along with slow cooling trend

More unsettled pattern develops along with slow cooling trend

It will still be warm and muggy Wednesday but a slowly moving system will bring on and off rain chances into the weekend along with a slow drop in temperatures. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Last hot day before a pattern shift develops midweek

Last hot day before a pattern shift develops midweek

Tuesday will be a hot and humid one with highs running 10 to 20 degrees above normal. A cool front and upper low will bring rain and cooler air by late Wednesday into the weekend. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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