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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.

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Massive storm drives multiple warnings

Massive storm drives multiple warnings

Powerful storm brings rain on top of deep snow and frozen ground.
by Paul Huttner

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Warmup this week; melting snow, possibly 1-2 inches of rain

Warmup this week; melting snow, possibly 1-2 inches of rain

It was great to see the Sunday sunshine, even if you had some shoveling to do: Pro tip: after two hours of shoveling and snow blowing, lie down in the snow to ice your muscles. pic.twitter.com/guzdA2OfOT — Tim Post (@TimPostmanPost) March 10, 2019 Snow forecast needed tweaking My Saturday morning snow forecast called for a…
by Ron Trenda

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Impressive Saturday snow totals in western Minn.; rain could cause flooding this week

Impressive Saturday snow totals in western Minn.; rain could cause flooding this week

  The accumulating snow is over in the Twin Cities metro area, and we have blustery winds as we shovel and plow this Sunday morning. This snow is much heavier than the light, fluffy snows that we saw last month. Here are some shoveling tips, from the NWS: Please be careful when shoveling this weekend.…
by Ron Trenda

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Snow moves on; rain Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday and Thursday

Snow moves on; rain Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday and Thursday

Happy Daylight Saving Time! Here’s your Sunday morning weather briefing. Lingering light snow in portions of the Twin Cities metro area will pull away as we go through the morning hours. Snow continues today in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation…
by Ron Trenda

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Wet snow ends early Sunday; who will win the golden shovel?

Wet snow ends early Sunday; who will win the golden shovel?

The timing was pretty good for Twin Cities residents. We had good travel conditions through most of the daylight hours. The rain didn’t mix with sleet and snow until late Saturday afternoon, then the wet snow arrived for the evening hours:   A Metro Transit Green Line light rail train makes its way through steady…
by Ron Trenda

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Several inches of wet snow for the metro area; highest snow totals in western Minnesota

Several inches of wet snow for the metro area; highest snow totals in western Minnesota

Slightly warmer temperatures late this afternoon delayed our changeover from rain to wet snow in the Twin Cities metro area. We’ll see the wet snow this evening into the overnight hours, but snow totals will be a bit lower than earlier forecasts. I don’t think too many people will complain about shoveling a little less snow!…
by Ron Trenda

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