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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 12, 2019 12:36 PM

19 inches of snow in Mexico(Missouri); mild Sunday temps here

This tweet caught my eye: 3PM Storm Total snow amounts across the area. #stlwx #mowx #ilwx #midmowx pic.twitter.com/lQ1usDOdT4 — NWS St. Louis (@NWSStLouis) January 12, 2019 It turns out that Mexico is the name of a small city to the northeast of Columbia, Missouri. A winter storm dumped heavy snow in portions of far southern…

by Ron Trenda

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January 12, 2019 3:14 AM

St. Louis battles heavy snow; relatively quiet weekend in Minnesota

A winter storm that began on Friday has dumped 9.8 inches of snow on St. Louis, Missouri as of 6 a.m. Saturday: Here is a quick look at snow and sleet accumulation for this winter storm through 6 AM. The map is an estimate based on reports that we have received #mowx #ilwx #stlwx pic.twitter.com/Sm8hylYcGA…

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January 11, 2019 11:11 AM

Weekend thaw; winter’s coldest air in about 10 days?

The coldest temperatures of winter in about 10-days?

by Paul Huttner

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January 11, 2019 3:23 AM

Mild weekend temps; heavy snow for Missouri, Illinois and southern Iowa

Friday afternoon highs are expected to reach the 20s across most of Minnesota, with 30s from the Twin Cities metro area into south-central and southeastern Minnesota.

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January 10, 2019 10:28 AM

A ‘Category 5’ winter storm ahead?

Winter storm Categories coming to Minnesota?

by Paul Huttner

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January 10, 2019 3:23 AM

Snow season nears the half-way point; quiet weekend in Minnesota, a lot of snow in southern Iowa

There’s little or no snow cover right now across much of the Twin Cities metro area and south-central into southeastern Minnesota: Northern Minnesota and west-central Minnesota still have plenty of snow on the ground. Snow lovers should note that we still have more than one-half of our snow season remaining. The 2017-2018 Twin Cities snow…

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January 9, 2019 12:32 PM

Minnesota smashes all-time state precipitation record in 2018

Minnesota's climate continues to trend wetter.

by Paul Huttner

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January 9, 2019 2:23 AM

Sun returns; still no subzero temps in Twin Cities yet

Wind chills dipped below zero Wednesday morning across Minnesota. But we're still searching for our first subzero air temperature reading of the season in the Twin Cities; 30s again by this weekend.

by Paul Huttner