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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.

Average feels good in July; pleasant into the weekend

Average feels good in July; pleasant into the weekend

Average feels pretty good this time of year. Our average July 5 high temp in the Twin Cities metro area is 83 degrees, and that’s exactly where we topped out Thursday afternoon. That felt great, especially with dew point temps in the comfortable 50s! We shared sunshine and comfortable temps with most of Minnesota. Temps…
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A welcome dry stretch; update on flooding, July Fourth Bemidji tornado

A welcome dry stretch; update on flooding, July Fourth Bemidji tornado

There's a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms Saturday night and Sunday in the north. Southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area could see a few scattered showers and thunderstorms Sunday evening and Sunday night.
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A nice couple of days ahead; flooding update

A nice couple of days ahead; flooding update

Winds will be out of the northwest on Thursday, and it’ll be noticeably less humid. Thanks Canada, for the shipment of drier air! Temperature trends Our average high this time of year is 83 degrees in the Twin Cities metro area. That’s about where we’ll end up Thursday afternoon, sharing lower 80s with much of…
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Heat advisory cancelled for metro; fireworks thunder chance update

Heat advisory cancelled for metro; fireworks thunder chance update

At 2:40 p.m., the Twin Cities NWS office cancelled the heat advisory for the Twin Cities metro area and points to the south. The timing of our afternoon thunderstorms really put a break on heating in the metro area, but temps will recover a bit later this afternoon and early this evening. The heat advisory continues…
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Scattered thunderstorms still possible this afternoon and early evening; heat advisory includes metro area

Scattered thunderstorms still possible this afternoon and early evening; heat advisory includes metro area

The first batch of thunderstorms moved through much of Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area this morning. Some serious storm damage was reported in Bemidji: Emergency crews are trying to find out if it was a tornado that uprooted several trees and even a garage in Bemidji on the Fourth of July.(Photo: Beltrami County…
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Excessive heat warning; showers and thunderstorms at times today and this evening

Excessive heat warning; showers and thunderstorms at times today and this evening

Highs in the lower 90s and dew point temps in the 70s. That’s what we’ll see in much of the southern half of Minnesota this 4th of July. An excessive heat warning is in effect for Hennepin and Ramsey counties from noon to 8 p.m., with heat advisories in much of southern Minnesota and western…
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Excessive heat watch and thunder chance for the 4th; SW Minnesota flood update

Excessive heat watch and thunder chance for the 4th; SW Minnesota flood update

Southwestern Minnesota had a very wet June: Precipitation map for June across the region. Parts of southwest and south central Minnesota have received over 10" of rain since June 1st, which is double the normal amount. #mnwx #wiwx pic.twitter.com/sDBdJdKbcI — NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) July 1, 2018 The last thing that they needed was more…
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Heavy rain and flooding Tuesday morning

Heavy rain and flooding Tuesday morning

Thunderstorms brought heavy rain to parts of Minnesota, mainly from the southwest to the northeast, overnight. Here is the short version of what you might need to know early this morning: Rain has skimmed by very close to the Twin Cites early today while heavy rain is causing problems to the southwest. Radar shows the…
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More heat, humidity and scattered thunderstorms through Independence Day

More heat, humidity and scattered thunderstorms through Independence Day

Summer is baring its teeth again this week as sticky heat and thunderstorms make their return. The first order of business will be thunderstorms for northern Minnesota this Monday evening. Showers began forming in northwestern Minnesota by late afternoon. Showers will grow into thunderstorms over west central and northwestern Minnesota and track east-northeastward toward the…
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