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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.

Rain, with severe thunderstorms possible; fall colors showing up north

Rain, with severe thunderstorms possible; fall colors showing up north

We’ve seen periods of rain over the past few days, and we’ll see rain most of today and into this evening. Severe thunderstorms are possible in some areas this afternoon and early this evening. A flash flood watch continues until 1 p.m. for southwestern Minnesota: Thunderstorm details A low pressure system will move from Nebraska…
by Ron Trenda

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More inches of rain coming our way

More inches of rain coming our way

An additional 2 to 3 inches of rain is likely over central Minnesota including the Twin Cities, while locations in southern Minnesota subject to training thunderstorms might get 4 or more additional inches.
by Bill Endersen

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Rounds of rain on soggy ground could cause flooding

Rounds of rain on soggy ground could cause flooding

The big weather story for our part of the world the next few days will be the possibility of localized flash flooding, mainly across about the southern third of Minnesota. Rain so far It all began on Monday with an afternoon thunderstorm outbreak. Reinforcements with continuous lightning and thunder overnight Monday night into Tuesday added…
by Bill Endersen

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Seasonal to slightly cool temps; heavy rain for some areas Wednesday and Thursday

Seasonal to slightly cool temps; heavy rain for some areas Wednesday and Thursday

The Monday high temperature at  Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 81 degrees, and it happened before noon. A few minutes after 2 p.m. the temperature at MSP airport dropped into the 60s as thunderstorms moved through the area. The thunderstorms caused wind gusts in the 45 mph to 55 mph range in parts of the metro…
by Ron Trenda

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