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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.

Fourth of July warmth and thunder chances; 20th anniversary of BWCA blowdown

Fourth of July warmth and thunder chances; 20th anniversary of BWCA blowdown

Happy Fourth of July! It’ll feel very summery today across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with areas of showers and thunderstorms at times. Temperature trends Our Thursday high temps will reach the 80s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with some 70s in parts of north-central and northeastern Minnesota. Metro area highs are…
by Ron Trenda

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July 4: Scattered showers, thunderstorms possible, along with sunshine

July 4: Scattered showers, thunderstorms possible, along with sunshine

Our weather will remain unsettled through the Fourth of July and on into Friday. Don’t cancel any fireworks plans; many of us will have dry weather Thursday evening. Shower and thunderstorm chances Our Wednesday afternoon high was 87 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Some showers and thunderstorms moved across parts of the Twin Cities metro…
by Ron Trenda

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Shower/t-storm chances on the Fourth, but dry this weekend

Shower/t-storm chances on the Fourth, but dry this weekend

The official rain total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 2.02 inches on Monday.  Add the .08 that fell before 3 a.m. on Tuesday and the July tally already stands at 2.10 inches.  That’s more than half our average Twin Cities rainfall total of 4.04 inches for the entire month of July! It was great…
by Ron Trenda

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Soggy early Monday; stormy later in the day

Soggy early Monday; stormy later in the day

A stormy Sunday has been followed by a very rainy Sunday night into Monday morning for much of central and southern Minnesota. Many areas likely picked up 1 to 3 inches or more of rain and are still getting rained on as I type. Heavy rain in the Morton area of Redwood County caused a…
by Bill Endersen

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Widespread rain early Monday

Widespread rain early Monday

Rain will likely taper off toward midday, but thunderstorms are likely to bubble during the afternoon and evening mainly in southern Minnesota. Some storms later on Monday might become severe.
by Bill Endersen

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Showers and storms at times this week; Friday high of 114.6 degrees was new French record

Showers and storms at times this week; Friday high of 114.6 degrees was new French record

We’re in a weather pattern that won’t allow us to forecast a single rain-free day this week. We will have off and on showers and thunderstorms this week in much of central and southern Minnesota, parts of northern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. We had two rounds of thunderstorms in the Twin Cities on Sunday, which…
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