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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.

Wave No. 2: Snow returns by evening

Wave No. 2: Snow returns by evening

Snow will fall for the better part of 24 hours in many areas. That should easily produce 4 to 8 inches across most of Minnesota by late Thursday. Some ice may mix in at times.
by Paul Huttner

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Snow coming Tuesday and again late on Wednesday

Snow coming Tuesday and again late on Wednesday

Metro area snow should begin by late morning and continue through the afternoon and well into the evening. Something around 3 inches should fall by late afternoon with about another inch expected in the evening.
by Bill Endersen

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Icy start to an unsettled week

Icy start to an unsettled week

Much snow melted over the weekend. That was just the beginning of the problem across many areas. The meltwater refroze into glare ice Sunday night as temperatures fell below freezing. Freezing drizzle and light freezing rain added more ice. The Monday morning commute was quite the icy mess with many crashes and spinouts. In the…
by Bill Endersen

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Very slippery Monday morning with much colder temperatures arriving

Very slippery Monday morning with much colder temperatures arriving

The atmosphere is going to be jittery this week. A fairly weak disturbance will spread a bit of snow across mainly the southern half of Minnesota on Tuesday. The Twin Cities area might pick up 2 or 3 inches of fresh snow.
by Bill Endersen

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Wintry mix Sunday evening into early Monday; heavy snow in northern Minnesota

Wintry mix Sunday evening into early Monday; heavy snow in northern Minnesota

Parts of northern Minnesota will see heavy snow Sunday evening into Monday, while a wintry mix of light rain/light freezing rain, sleet and light snow moves across central and southern Minnesota. The wintry mix is expected to bring an icy glaze to untreated roads, streets and sidewalks. The big picture The National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
by Ron Trenda

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Foggy Sunday; wintry mix to snow Sunday evening into Monday, with heavy snow staying north

Foggy Sunday; wintry mix to snow Sunday evening into Monday, with heavy snow staying north

One year ago today was the Saturday before the Super Bowl. There was some nice fluffy snow that day as multiple festivities took place in downtown Minneapolis: At times during the 1 to 2 inch snowfall it looked like a beautiful snow globe. Super Bowl Sunday was sunny and very cold, so visitors had a…
by Ron Trenda

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Fog lingers; wintry mix to snow Sunday evening into Monday

Fog lingers; wintry mix to snow Sunday evening into Monday

Many Minnesota and western Wisconsin residents are waking up to dense fog this Sunday. The fog will linger much of the day in southern Minnesota, but it’s expected to diminish a bit elsewhere. A dense fog advisory covers much of Minnesota and Wisconsin: The Twin Cities metro area remains in a dense fog advisory until…
by Ron Trenda

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Foggy in many areas; heaviest snow stays north Sunday night into Monday

Foggy in many areas; heaviest snow stays north Sunday night into Monday

Our Saturday afternoon high of 38 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 13 degrees warmer than average for this time of year. It was also our warmest official high temp in the Twin Cities since Jan. 8. It was nice to see a lot of people out and about, and not bracing against arctic winds!…
by Ron Trenda

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