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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Updraft® is your source for Minnesota forecasts and insights from our expert meteorologists Ben Cathey, Sven Sundgaard and Mandy Thalhuber.

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Spring is finally underway full bore

Spring is finally underway full bore

Our much-delayed spring has been really getting underway except along the southern edge of Minnesota where low clouds have been holding afternoon temperatures down. Crabapple trees were blooming in my neighborhood over the weekend and lilacs are beginning to open. Lawns will need mowing very soon. Today will be a warmer day for most of…
by Bill Endersen

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Pleasant Mother’s Day as a warming trend begins

Pleasant Mother’s Day as a warming trend begins

Much stormy weather will be passing south of Minnesota on this Mother’s Day. Showers and thunderstorms are likely from Iowa to Indiana. Severe storms are possible for the Chicago area Sunday night. Most Minnesotans should enjoy a lovely Mother’s Day. Southernmost Minnesota will stay on the cooler side with highs in the mid to upper…
by Bill Endersen

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Fine weekend weather for fishing; lovely Mother’s Day Sunday

Fine weekend weather for fishing; lovely Mother’s Day Sunday

Saturday will be a pleasant day for the Minnesota fishing opener. Canadian high pressure is our friend during the warm season Dry high pressure from Canada will bring sunshine to northern Minnesota while mid and high clouds overspread central and southern sections. A few showers will break out in the south, mainly near Iowa. High…
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Soggy southern Minnesota today; brightening and warming weekend

Soggy southern Minnesota today; brightening and warming weekend

Widespread rain has been soaking southern Minnesota overnight and into this morning. About an inch of rain had fallen in Rochester up to 7 a.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, dry high pressure from the north has been cutting off the rainfall near the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities. Some showers likely will reach the metro…
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Brighter today; soaking rain on Friday, then weekend improvement

Brighter today; soaking rain on Friday, then weekend improvement

Highs Thursday will be in the upper 50s over much of Minnesota, but there will be some 60s from the Twin Cities metro area into southeastern Minnesota. Sunday should be a very pleasant Mother's Day.
by Ron Trenda

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Lingering showers Wednesday; heavy rain possible Thursday night, Friday

Lingering showers Wednesday; heavy rain possible Thursday night, Friday

The next weather system will be a warm front in Nebraska and Iowa that will spread moderate to heavy rain across mainly the southern third of Minnesota beginning Thursday night and ending on Friday.
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