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.

January 28, 2019 12:01 PM

Historic cold, windy weather coming our way

Monday evening weather headlines: Alberta clipper laid down a fresh blanket of snow to radiate heat to space Dangerously cold and sometimes windy weather is coming our way Tuesday through Thursday Twin Cities temperatures will be our coldest in 23 years; record lows are possible Saturday will feel balmy Now let’s dig a little deeper…

by Bill Endersen

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January 28, 2019 2:05 AM

Fluffy snow ending; brutal cold on its way

Low temperatures on both Wednesday and Thursday mornings are likely to range from from about 25 below in the south to around 40 below in the north. The Twin Cities could be down around 28 below on both days.

by Bill Endersen

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January 27, 2019 11:59 AM

A slow go on Monday; Snowstorm update and the latest on incredibly cold mid-week temps

Most of Minnesota will see plenty of snow Sunday evening through the overnight hours of Sunday night. The snow tapers of from west to east Monday morning. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential snow pattern from Sunday evening through Monday: The main snow area leaves the Twin…

by Ron Trenda

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January 27, 2019 3:19 AM

Winter storm update, heaviest snow band; coldest temps since 1996 on Wednesday?

We have some Sunday morning sunshine, but there’s still a winter storm headed toward Minnesota. Snow will move into far western Minnesota later this Sunday morning, then spread across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin during the afternoon and early evening hours. Snow continues tonight into early Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American…

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January 27, 2019 12:56 AM

Snowstorm update; extremely cold temps and wind chills this week

Here’s a Sunday morning snowstorm update. Snow will move into western Minnesota later this Sunday morning, then spread across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin during the afternoon and early evening hours. Snow continues tonight into early Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential snow pattern from Sunday…

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January 26, 2019 11:59 AM

Heavy snow spreads across Minnesota Sunday afternoon and evening; incredibly cold this coming week

Most of the Twin Cities metro area hasn’t seen a big (4 inches or more) snowfall this winter. The 2018-2019 season snowfall total of 12.5 inches at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is 19.7 inches behind our normal pace to this point in the season. Our Twin Cities snow drought is about to end. The big…

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January 26, 2019 2:59 AM

Heavy snow Sunday afternoon into early Monday; followed by the coldest temps in years

Periods of light snow are expected across the southern half of Minnesota this Saturday morning into early afternoon. Our main snow event of the weekend begins on Sunday. The big picture Snow will move into western Minnesota Sunday morning, then spread across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin during the afternoon hours. Snow continues Sunday night…

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January 25, 2019 11:15 AM

Coldest air in 23 years? Snow, then a shot at -25F at MSP

Coldest air mass of winter arrives next week.

by Paul Huttner

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January 25, 2019 3:16 AM

Arctic chill this weekend and beyond; Sunday snow update

Snow is expected to move into western Minnesota Sunday morning, then spread into eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin as we go through Sunday afternoon and evening. The snow continues Sunday night into early Monday.

by Ron Trenda