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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.

Thursday flakes; arctic cold this weekend

Twin Cities residents will have a rare opportunity to use their shovels Thursday. We were overdue for snow. Through Wednesday, our season snowfall total at  Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was only 5.2 inches: That’s 15.2 inches below our average season snowfall total through Dec. 27. Thursday snow Our Thursday morning commute is likely to be…
by Ron Trenda

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Freshening the snow cover; another frigid weekend

Freshening the snow cover; another frigid weekend

A fairly weak weather disturbance is headed our way to add fresh snow to the landscape. Light snow will break out in southwestern Minnesota Wednesday evening and then spread northeastward. Snow is likely to reach the Twin Cities after midnight and continue at least through Thursday morning. The snowfall should exit the state from west…
by Bill Endersen

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Frigid again today; fluffy snow tonight into Thursday

Frigid again today; fluffy snow tonight into Thursday

Snow should break out in southwestern Minnesota Wednesday evening and spread northeastward across the state overnight. Snow is likely to reach the Twin Cities around midnight and depart most of the state eastbound by around noon on Thursday.
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A frigid Tuesday night and Wednesday, then fluffy snow

A frigid Tuesday night and Wednesday, then fluffy snow

Weather satellite imagery today has been showing clear skies across most of the area. The snow that fell on southern Minnesota last Thursday appears as the broad white band across that part of the state. The snow also shows up nicely on the open land of northwestern Minnesota but disappears into the forests from the…
by Bill Endersen

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Continued frigid temperatures but diminishing winds

Continued frigid temperatures but diminishing winds

Temperatures fell into the teens and 20s below zero across much of northern Minnesota Tuesday morning while single digits and teens below chilled the southern half of the state. As of 7 a.m., the official thermometers read 8 below in the Twin Cities, 12 below in Rochester, 22 below in Moose Lake, 27 below in…
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Coldest Christmas high temp since 1996; arctic chill lingers

Coldest Christmas high temp since 1996; arctic chill lingers

The official temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport had dropped to 5 degrees just before midnight Sunday night. Colder air moved in after midnight, so it looks like 4 or 5 degrees will be the high temp that goes into the books for Christmas 2017 in the Twin Cities. This will be our coldest official Christmas…
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Lengthy arctic outbreak is arriving

Lengthy arctic outbreak is arriving

Temperatures remained below zero in parts of northwestern Minnesota Sunday afternoon as the arctic cold front sagged southward. Meanwhile, the Twin Cities managed to reach 22 degrees. But those temperatures will be gone soon, thanks to a northwest wind. By Christmas morning, I am expecting low temperatures down to about 20 below in northwestern Minnesota…
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Sunday flake chance; very cold on Christmas Day

Sunday flake chance; very cold on Christmas Day

Now’s the time to locate those warm hats, gloves and mittens. Cold air is heading our way, and it will linger for several days. Trending colder Our Sunday highs will stay in the single digits in parts of far northern Minnesota, with a lot of teens elsewhere. Some spots in west-central and southwestern Minnesota might…
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Cool weekend; arctic cold for Christmas

Cool weekend; arctic cold for Christmas

Our average high temperature this time of year is 25 degrees in the Twin Cities metro area. We probably won’t see 25 degrees this weekend in the metro area, but a few spots could top 20 degrees. Most of Minnesota will have weekend highs in the teens, with parts of far northern Minnesota only seeing…
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