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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.

Best rain chance stays south today; good chance of Sunday showers and storms

Best rain chance stays south today; good chance of Sunday showers and storms

Most of Minnesota will have high temps in the 80s Thursday afternoon, with some upper 70s possible in some spots with the most cloudiness in far southern Minnesota. Widespread 80s are on tap for Friday, with 90 possible in the Twin Cities metro area and areas to the south and southeast.
by Ron Trenda

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Cooler, with a rain chance; how dry are we?

Cooler, with a rain chance; how dry are we?

It was a bit steamy across Minnesota Monday afternoon. The official high at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 92 degrees, a full 11 degrees above our average high of 81. Some people like warm and steamy August afternoons, while others yearn for cooler and drier air. The Twin Cities office of the NWS had this take…
by Ron Trenda

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One last steamy day before relief

One last steamy day before relief

A very muggy atmosphere remains in place across Minnesota this Monday morning, primed to bring us yet another hot, humid day. Expect afternoon high temperatures from the low 80s in the northwestern and northeastern corners of the state to the low 90s farther south. The Twin Cities should reach about 92 with a southwest wind…
by Bill Endersen

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Warmth lingers through Monday; Sunday night meteor shower details

Warmth lingers through Monday; Sunday night meteor shower details

The air quality alert for Minnesota expires at noon this Sunday, but there’ll still be some patchy areas of Canadian wildfire smoke this afternoon. It’ll be a warm afternoon, with highs in the upper 80s to the low 90s across much of Minnesota. It’ll be a bit cooler near Lake Superior. Some spots in far…
by Ron Trenda

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Foggy start for some; air quality alert until noon

Foggy start for some; air quality alert until noon

Light winds overnight allowed the temperature to drop to the dew point in parts of Minnesota. Areas of dense fog developed, and a dense fog advisory continues until 9 a.m. this Sunday morning in portions of northern and east-central Minnesota: Details of the dense fog advisory, from the Duluth office of the National Weather Service:…
by Ron Trenda

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Warmth and areas of smoke linger; meteor shower details

Warmth and areas of smoke linger; meteor shower details

The official high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 88 degrees Saturday afternoon, but Blaine in Anoka county came in with a high of 90 degrees. Our Sunday will be a tad warmer than Saturday, and dew point temps will be a bit higher. Temperature trends  Sunday afternoon highs are expected to reach the low…
by Ron Trenda

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