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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Updraft® is your source for Minnesota forecasts and insights from our expert meteorologists Ben Cathey, Sven Sundgaard and Mandy Thalhuber.

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Some flakes as winds pick up this afternoon; cold sunshine tomorrow

Some flakes as winds pick up this afternoon; cold sunshine tomorrow

What a comeback! Two weeks ago our season snowfall total was running about eighteen inches below normal at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. After setting a record for the snowiest first twelve days of Feb. in the Twin Cities, we’re now 2.3 inches above normal for this point in the snow season: By the way, it…
by Ron Trenda

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Cold front Thursday; hints of a thaw late next week?

Cold front Thursday; hints of a thaw late next week?

Meteorologists call it warm advection. Milder air blows in horizontally from Iowa overnight. Temperatures will actually rise into the 20s overnight instead of falling off as usual. The milder air rides in ahead of an Arctic front sailing south across Minnesota Thursday. The front hits the Twin Cities around midday. Gusty northwest winds and colder temperatures follow. A…
by Paul Huttner

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More snow to shovel and plow Monday evening into Tuesday; which commutes are affected?

More snow to shovel and plow Monday evening into Tuesday; which commutes are affected?

This idea might catch on: My daughter’s neighbor in St. Paul, MN builds robots. He built this remote controlled snow blower and did all the driveways on her block. pic.twitter.com/xFjMdSNaoV — Mike Wiz (@MikeWiz60) February 10, 2019 We’ll have a couple of additional snow events this week. Sunday fluff Sunday’s snow had a high snow-to-water…
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Sunday snow update; heavy snow possible Monday night into Tuesday

Sunday snow update; heavy snow possible Monday night into Tuesday

The snow just keeps on coming. I drove past a neighborhood sliding hill around midday, and dozens of kids were having a great time gliding over the fresh snow on their sleds and snowboards! It’s not as much fun for those of us who are driving today. Here’s what to expect this afternoon The National…
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Snow today; heavy snow possible Monday night and Tuesday

Snow today; heavy snow possible Monday night and Tuesday

Snow and more snow. That’s been the theme of February 2019! Snow will expand across southern and central Minnesota, plus parts of northeastern Minnesota and much of Wisconsin this morning and early afternoon, then taper off from west to east later this afternoon. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows…
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