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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.

Saturday sunshine; thunderstorm chance on Sunday

Saturday sunshine; thunderstorm chance on Sunday

Minnesotans will enjoy plenty of sunshine this Saturday. Temperatures will be agreeable, and humidity levels will be reasonable. It’ll be a great day for summer fun in the outdoors! Saturday highs will be in the 80s across most of Minnesota, with some 70s in the northeast. The far northeastern tip of Minnesota could see a…
by Ron Trenda

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Second warmest January through June in the U.S.

Second warmest January through June in the U.S.

According to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, we just saw the second warmest January through June in the past 123 years in the U.S.: JUST IN: Contig. USA had 2nd warmest January to June on record per @NOAANCEIclimate https://t.co/zxl39rK84s #StateOfClimate pic.twitter.com/Bivm2g6BJT — NOAA (@NOAA) July 7, 2017 The areas shaded red had their warmest…
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Cooler and less humid; Saturday is better weekend day

Cooler and less humid; Saturday is better weekend day

Scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm will move through northeastern Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin. The eastern part of the Twin Cities metro area could see an isolated shower late in the afternoon.
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Early morning thunderstorms

Early morning thunderstorms

Numerous thunderstorms developed in northern Minnesota overnight and merged into a line of strong to severe weather that has been passing by to the north of the Twin Cities. Storms raced rapidly to the southeast. Numerous severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued, based mainly on estimated winds from Doppler radar. There have also been some…
by Bill Endersen

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Thunderstorm chances overnight and Thursday; the July snow myth

Thunderstorm chances overnight and Thursday; the July snow myth

There’s plenty of warm and moist air over Minnesota this Wednesday afternoon. That means that we have plenty of fuel in place for some scattered thunderstorms this Wednesday evening and overnight. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential rain pattern: Of course, some areas that look dry in…
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Scattered thunderstorms overnight and Wednesday

Scattered thunderstorms overnight and Wednesday

Strong to severe thunderstorms moved through parts of northwestern and southern Minnesota Tuesday evening. Here’s the view from above: There were several reports of large hail Tuesday evening, including two-inch diameter hail 6 miles east of Sunburg in Kandiyohi county at 6:30 p.m. CDT. Overnight and Wednesday Scattered thunderstorms are expected in Minnesota, including the…
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Severe thunderstorm watch northern Minnesota until midnight

Severe thunderstorm watch northern Minnesota until midnight

The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until midnight this Fourth of July for much of northern Minnesota: Scattered thunderstorms are also possible in central and southern Minnesota this Tuesday evening. Because the winds aloft are weak, any thunderstorms that develop will move slowly and they could…
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