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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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Rain chances Thursday night and Friday; hurricane warning for Hawaii

Rain chances Thursday night and Friday; hurricane warning for Hawaii

Much of Minnesota will have highs in the upper 70s this Thursday afternoon. The Twin Cities metro area and a few other spots could creep into the lower 80s. Friday will be cool, with widespread 70s and even some 60s in the northeast
by Ron Trenda

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Weather on a stick: Rainy by Friday; Lane threatens Hawaii

Weather on a stick: Rainy by Friday; Lane threatens Hawaii

This is as good as it gets in Minnesota. A pale blue sky and a few fair weather clouds graced Minnesota skies Wednesday. Great State Fair Opener The Great Minnesota Get Together kicks off Thursday. Thursday brings another beautiful weather day. But you’ll notice our air mass changing. Dew points climb into the sticky 60s. And…
by Paul Huttner

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Widespread gorgeousness today; periods of unsettled weather later this week

Widespread gorgeousness today; periods of unsettled weather later this week

Today will be just about as perfect as an August day can be. The sun will be out statewide, dew points are way down and temperatures will be near normal. Expect afternoon high temperatures from the mid 70s to low 80s. The Twin Cities should warm to about 82 with a light west wind. Even…
by Bill Endersen

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Slightly warmer on Wednesday; Hawaii braces for a hurricane

Slightly warmer on Wednesday; Hawaii braces for a hurricane

The temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport peaked at 77 degrees Tuesday afternoon. It was our coolest official Twin Cities high temp since the 72 degree reading on August 2. It’ll be a few degrees warmer on Wednesday: Twin Cities metro area highs are expected to reach around 80 degrees on Thursday, but only 77…
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Cooler and much less humid today; clouds linger

Cooler and much less humid today; clouds linger

Monday’s rain bands have spun out of the state. While scattered locations picked up an inch or two of rain, other lawns and fields were barely dampened. The National Weather Service Office in Chanhassen measured a scant one one-hundredth of an inch of rain. Northerly winds behind that low pressure system will bring us cooler…
by Bill Endersen

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Rain, at least for some of us

Rain, at least for some of us

A tight spiral of a small storm system, more typical of May than August, has been spinning over Iowa on Monday. Areas of rain and scattered thunderstorms have been breaking out across Minnesota in response to that low pressure system as well as to the heating of the day. Some parts of southern Minnesota have…
by Bill Endersen

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Cooler Monday with prospects for metro rain

Cooler Monday with prospects for metro rain

Soaking rains have been falling on parts of Minnesota this month, mainly to the north, west and south of the Twin Cities. But the core of the Twin Cities has been free of any measurable rain for the past 15 days. That puts us 1.5 inches below normal for August so far. There is some…
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Heaviest rain to the south on Monday; cool start to the week

Heaviest rain to the south on Monday; cool start to the week

Parts of west-central and southwestern saw soaking rains on Sunday, while the east was mostly dry. Heavy rains were falling in parts of west-central and southwestern Minnesota Sunday evening. The weather pattern shifts on Monday, with a low pressure system spinning through northern Missouri and southern Iowa, and the steadiest rains in Minnesota shifted to…
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