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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

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Arctic chill returns; Sunday snow

Arctic chill returns; Sunday snow

We’ve seen this movie before. Flakes fall, then the skies clear and temperatures drop sharply. Yesterday’s snow brightened up our landscape, and now we have the arctic chill. Advisories Wind chill advisories continue across most of Minnesota this Friday morning: The advisory for all of northern Minnesota expires at noon Friday, and it’s for wind…
by Ron Trenda

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Snow tapers from west to east; arctic chill returns

Snow tapers from west to east; arctic chill returns

The Twin Cities metro area will continue to see some snow accumulation until around mid-afternoon, with a few stray flurries possible during the late afternoon.
by Ron Trenda

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Slick morning commute with wintry mix changing to snow

Slick morning commute with wintry mix changing to snow

Snow amounts Thursday morning are expected to be light in the Twin Cities metro area, generally 1 inch or less. The far southeast metro area, including parts of Dakota County, could see a couple of inches of snow Thursday.
by Ron Trenda

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Winter storm watch: complex Thursday snow system

Winter storm watch: complex Thursday snow system

Just how much snow people will get isn't clear yet. This storm has one interesting feature, an unusually narrow heavy snow band, that makes for an even higher degree of forecast difficulty than usual.
by Paul Huttner

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2017 blows out U.S. extreme weather records

2017 blows out U.S. extreme weather records

Three of the USA's five costliest hurricanes on record hit in 2017.
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