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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.

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Eclipse watchers dodge clouds and showers

Eclipse watchers dodge clouds and showers

Mix of clouds and a few sunny breaks across the Upper Midwest.
by Paul Huttner

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Update on shower and thunder chances; solar eclipse weather

Update on shower and thunder chances; solar eclipse weather

A cool front will move slowly through Minnesota Sunday afternoon and evening, then it’s expected to stall out near the Iowa border Sunday night. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are possible over central and southern Minnesota Sunday afternoon, Sunday evening and Sunday night. In the Twin Cities metro area, scattered showers and an isolated…
by Ron Trenda

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A very nice Saturday; rain chance for some on Sunday

A very nice Saturday; rain chance for some on Sunday

Some of us saw dense fog early Saturday morning. Here’s a look at the fog that remained at mid-morning Saturday, via the new GOES-16 weather satellite: Great morning shot of river valley fog from GOES-16. Look at that detail! pic.twitter.com/OZUIWakN9N — NWS La Crosse (@NWSLaCrosse) August 19, 2017 You can see the fog in the…
by Ron Trenda

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NWS: Tornado confirmed in Prior Lake Wednesday

NWS: Tornado confirmed in Prior Lake Wednesday

8th tornado confirmed from Wednesday evening's severe weather outbreak.
by Paul Huttner

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Shower and thunderstorm chances; nice weather on Saturday

Shower and thunderstorm chances; nice weather on Saturday

Showers are expected over much of southern Minnesota and part of central Minnesota this Friday morning and early Friday afternoon.
by Ron Trenda

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Periods of morning rain; chance of an afternoon shower

Periods of morning rain; chance of an afternoon shower

It was a wild Wednesday evening in southern Minnesota, with multiple reports of tornado touchdowns. This tornado was spotted near Nicollet in Nicollet county Wednesday evening: Nicollet, MN. Credit Mike Slater.@mark_tarello @DDahlkstp @NovakWeather @BoKnowsWeather @MPRweather @ian_leonard pic.twitter.com/Txx9pUKnIu — Greg Hanson (@HansonOutdoors) August 16, 2017 Here’s a summary of tornado reports from late Wednesday afternoon and…
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