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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.

Quiet Monday in Minnesota; Chicago is included in blizzard warning Sunday night/early Monday

Quiet Monday in Minnesota; Chicago is included in blizzard warning Sunday night/early Monday

Heavy snow fell on Sunday in parts of Nebraska, Kansas, northwestern Missouri and southern Iowa. Strong winds led to blizzard conditions in many areas. Here’s a Sunday afternoon look at the snow in Ottumwa, Iowa; Heavy snow/blizzard conditions have arrived in Ottumwa. Thank you for the update, Tyler. Stay safe out there, everyone! https://t.co/7zhFU6NZFr —…
by Ron Trenda

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A quiet Sunday in Minnesota; blizzard warnings in southern Iowa, winter storm will clip SE Wisconsin

A quiet Sunday in Minnesota; blizzard warnings in southern Iowa, winter storm will clip SE Wisconsin

It’ll be a chilly Sunday across Minnesota, but we won’t be doing any shoveling. The heavy snow will fall well to our south today. On to the details. Storm track and warnings As we wind up this holiday weekend, a winter storm will affect some travelers to our south and southeast. The National Oceanic and…
by Ron Trenda

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Turning chillier on Sunday as a potent winter storm impedes travel well to our south

Turning chillier on Sunday as a potent winter storm impedes travel well to our south

Saturday has been a rather bleak day across Minnesota with widespread low clouds, some fog, and a bit of mixed precipitation in the northeast. Chillier for Sunday Meteorologists call it “cold advection” when colder air is moving into an area. That is what is coming our way for Sunday. Expect afternoon high temmperatures from the…
by Bill Endersen

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Cooling trend; Sunday winter storm for southern Iowa and parts of Illinois and SE Wisconsin

Cooling trend; Sunday winter storm for southern Iowa and parts of Illinois and SE Wisconsin

On average, November is our cloudiest month of the year in the Twin Cities metro area. A quick check of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport stats for Nov. 2018 shows that we’ve only seen three days with mostly sunny skies. Our Saturday will be another mostly cloudy day. Temperature trends Our Saturday highs happened around midnight,…
by Ron Trenda

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Cooling trend; Sunday snowstorm potential in Iowa and southeast Wisconsin

Cooling trend; Sunday snowstorm potential in Iowa and southeast Wisconsin

Our Friday afternoon high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 46 degrees. That was 9 degrees warmer than our average Nov. 23 high temp in the Twin Cities metro area and it was our “warmest” metro area high temp since Nov. 3. It was breezy, so it probably felt a bit cooler than 46 degrees.…
by Ron Trenda

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Rain chances increase this afternoon; cooler temps return this weekend

Rain chances increase this afternoon; cooler temps return this weekend

Our Friday afternoon high temperatures will be the warmest highs that we see over the next five days. I imagine that a few folks will rake their leaves today, during this temporary thaw. Temperature trends Highs will be in the 40s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin this Friday afternoon. Parts of far northern…
by Ron Trenda

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Friday morning weather briefing

Friday morning weather briefing

Here’s a quick look at your Friday forecast. High temps will be in the 40s across most of Minnesota this Friday, with some 30s in the far north: It’ll be breezy, so it will feel a bit cooler than the air temp. Rain chances  Rain is expected to spread into far southern Minnesota this morning…
by Ron Trenda

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Milder Thanksgiving temps, but breezy; drizzle and rain on Friday

Milder Thanksgiving temps, but breezy; drizzle and rain on Friday

Happy Thanksgiving! The weather will cooperate with travelers across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin this Thanksgiving Day. There could be some patchy freezing drizzle along and near the North Shore and South Shore of Lake Superior. Continue on for details about Friday precipitation. Temperature trends Our Thanksgiving Day highs are expected to range from…
by Ron Trenda

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A bit milder for Thanksgiving; 40s Friday, with rain at times

A bit milder for Thanksgiving; 40s Friday, with rain at times

Many Minnesotans will be on the road at some point between Thanksgiving and Sunday evening. The weather looks pretty good in most areas, assuming that the Sunday snow stays to the south. More on that shortly. Temperature trends Our Thanksgiving Day highs should be mainly in the 30s across Minnesota, with some lower 40s southwest…
by Ron Trenda

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