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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.

An unsettled week will turn hot and quite humid

An unsettled week will turn hot and quite humid

The atmosphere above Minnesota will experience jolts of energy this coming week. Then add in daily solar heating.  Showers and thunderstorms will be the result. Outflow boundaries from each round of convection often become the starting locations for the next rounds of storms. Forecasting rainfall for specific places becomes quite challenging as this process continues…
by Bill Endersen

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Comfy temps and a chance of showers and thunderstorms; river flooding update

Comfy temps and a chance of showers and thunderstorms; river flooding update

There won’t be any complaints about the heat today, but it might be a bit too hot for some people later this week. June in Minnesota has some impressive temperature swings. Temperature trends Most of Minnesota will have highs in the 70s this Sunday afternoon, with a few spots in the Twin Cities metro area…
by Ron Trenda

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Pleasant Sunday temps, with scattered showers and thunderstorms; river flooding update

Pleasant Sunday temps, with scattered showers and thunderstorms; river flooding update

Sometimes average is downright nice. Our Twin Cities high temperature Saturday afternoon was 82 degrees, just a wee bit above our average June 23 high temp of 81 degrees. It was a nice summer day! Temperature trends  Sunday highs will be in the 70s across much of Minnesota, with a few spots in the Twin…
by Ron Trenda

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A pleasant Saturday, then a shower and thunderstorm chance Sunday; river flooding update

A pleasant Saturday, then a shower and thunderstorm chance Sunday; river flooding update

It was rainy, then steamy last Saturday in the Twin Cities metro area. It’ll be much nicer this Saturday, and today’s high in the lower 80s is very typical for the third week of June. Temperature trends Most of Minnesota should see Saturday afternoon highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s, with some mid…
by Ron Trenda

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A very nice Friday; mild weekend temps, some could see a shower or thunderstorm

A very nice Friday; mild weekend temps, some could see a shower or thunderstorm

Congratulations if you have today off! Temperatures will be comfortable, and most Minnesotans will see at least some sunshine. Even if you’re working today, you’ll have several hours of daylight after work. I  love this time of year! Rain opportunities West-central and southwestern Minnesota could see scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm anytime from Saturday…
by Ron Trenda

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Rains to the south as summer begins; quiet weather tomorrow and Saturday

Rains to the south as summer begins; quiet weather tomorrow and Saturday

Happy Summer Solstice! This is the astronomical start of summer: Happy Summer Solstice! The solstice occurred at 5:07 AM Central Time. It's the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere. The sun rose in the Twin Cities at 5:27 AM and will set at 9:03 PM for 15 hours and 36 minutes of…
by Ron Trenda

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