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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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Arctic chill continues Thursday, but with lighter winds; weekend warmup!

Arctic chill continues Thursday, but with lighter winds; weekend warmup!

Our low temperature of 28 degrees below zero at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Wednesday morning was two degrees shy of tying the record low. We’ll have a good shot at the Jan. 31 Twin Cities record low of 27 below. It was very cold when the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen, Minn., performed their Wednesday…
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Dangerous wind chills Wednesday; much milder weekend temps

Dangerous wind chills Wednesday; much milder weekend temps

High temperatures will be in the 20s below zero in much of west-central and northwestern Minnesota Wednesday afternoon, with teens below zero elsewhere.
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Arctic cold front brings dangerously low temps and wind chills

Arctic cold front brings dangerously low temps and wind chills

This is way colder than your typical cold front.  The polar vortex has shifted, sending an incredible combo of very low temps and wind chills to the Upper Midwest. A quick explanation of the polar vortex: What is the polar vortex? This graphic will explain. #INwx #indy pic.twitter.com/cPGLp6jIsY — NWS Indianapolis (@NWSIndianapolis) January 29, 2019…
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Extremely dangerous cold and wind chill into Thursday

Extremely dangerous cold and wind chill into Thursday

Expect Twin Cities temperatures to fall to around 15 below by late afternoon. Wind chills around the state will be in the minus 30s and minus 40s all day while the northwest corner will be in the minus 50s.
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Historic cold, windy weather coming our way

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…
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Fluffy snow ending; brutal cold on its way

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

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

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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Snowstorm update; extremely cold temps and wind chills this week

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

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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