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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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Air quality alert includes metro area today; dense fog advisory this a.m. southern Minnesota

Air quality alert includes metro area today; dense fog advisory this a.m. southern Minnesota

It’ll be another foggy morning across central and southern Minnesota, with some freezing fog in many areas. Some sidewalks, driveways and roads will be slippery. There is a dense fog advisory until 8 a.m. this Thursday for much of southern Minnesota and west-central Minnesota: Details of the dense fog advisory: URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National…
by Ron Trenda

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Icy start today; 40s ahead?

Icy start today; 40s ahead?

Air quality alert continues into Thursday when evening breezes will mix in cleaner air and bring milder temperatures.
by Paul Huttner

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Milder afternoons coming this week

Milder afternoons coming this week

Look for highs from the low 20s to the low 30s for both Monday and Tuesday along with a likely repeat of foggy conditions Tuesday morning. Milder air from the west and southwest should bump our temperatures up a bit more toward midweek.
by Bill Endersen

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Milder temps for Minnesota this week; snowstorm into Monday in Virginia and North Carolina

Milder temps for Minnesota this week; snowstorm into Monday in Virginia and North Carolina

Highs in the 20s are expected across much of northern Minnesota and far southeastern Minnesota on Monday. There should be some lower 30s in the remainder of southern Minnesota and parts of central Minnesota.
by Ron Trenda

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A bright day for most of Minnesota; snowstorm hits Virginia and North Carolina

A bright day for most of Minnesota; snowstorm hits Virginia and North Carolina

Sunday will be the brighter day of the weekend in the Twin Cities metro area. I imagine that some folks will have to rummage around a bit to find their sunglasses, which have rarely been needed in recent weeks! Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have plenty of Sunday sunshine, with some patchy clouds…
by Ron Trenda

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20s again on Sunday; snowstorm for North Carolina and Virginia

20s again on Sunday; snowstorm for North Carolina and Virginia

We had enough snow to shovel and plow in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota last weekend. This weekend, the biggest snow totals are forecast for North Carolina and Virginia. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from Saturday evening through Sunday evening: The blue areas…
by Ron Trenda

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