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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.

Cloud/sun mix and breezy today; wintry mix overnight and Monday

Cloud/sun mix and breezy today; wintry mix overnight and Monday

Our remaining Twin Cities metro area snow cover will shrink a bit today. The complete disappearance of all of our snow, especially those sneaky snow piles on north-facing slopes, will have to wait for much warmer temps. Temperature trends High temperatures are expected to be in the 30s over most of western and northern Minnesota Sunday…
by Ron Trenda

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Brighter on Sunday; rain and snow Sunday night and Monday

Brighter on Sunday; rain and snow Sunday night and Monday

Our latest Minnesota snowstorm dropped some impressive snow amounts on parts of southern Minnesota. A Saturday afternoon screen capture of the National Weather Service’s interactive snow map showed many spots with eight or more inches of new snow from southern Minnesota through northern and eastern Iowa: A few spots in northern Iowa saw 16 inches of…
by Ron Trenda

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Snow lingers over southern Minn. Saturday morning; some Sunday sun

Snow lingers over southern Minn. Saturday morning; some Sunday sun

Dry easterly winds spared the Twin Cities metro area from this winter storm, but large portions of western and southern Minnesota saw several inches of snow. The snow will continue this Saturday morning in parts of western Minnesota and much of southern Minnesota. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows…
by Ron Trenda

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Winter storm aims west: Twin Cities near-miss

Winter storm aims west: Twin Cities near-miss

It looks like the Twin Cities will dodge a late March snow. The latest model trends continue to support a westward shift in the snow zone. I still think the bulk of the snow will miss the core of the Twin Cities. Several inches will fall along the Minnesota River Valley overnight into Saturday. My…
by Paul Huttner

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Who wants to shovel? Metro area rides the heavy snow boundary tonight

Who wants to shovel? Metro area rides the heavy snow boundary tonight

Someone has to be on the edge of the heavy snow band, and the metro area will have that honor this Friday night into early Saturday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from this afternoon through Saturday morning: The NAM model continues to show the…
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Winter storm update; Twin Cities rides northern edge of heavy snow

Winter storm update; Twin Cities rides northern edge of heavy snow

March is indeed a fickle month. Some years we see highs in the 80s, and we occasionally have single digit highs in March. We can have beautiful sunny days, some rainy days, sleet, snow and occasionally a severe thunderstorm. Some Minnesotans will see several inches of snow from Friday afternoon into early Saturday. The snow…
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Storms along east, west coasts today; our turn tomorrow

Storms along east, west coasts today; our turn tomorrow

The most recent pesky nor’easter, the fourth one this month, is continuing from Long Island to Boston and up to Maine early this morning. Heavy, wet snow has been piling up. Travel has been very difficult and hazardous. Boston schools are closed for the second day. The good news for those folks is that the…
by Bill Endersen

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