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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.

Shower chance Monday; bumpy Sunday in Louisiana

Shower chance Monday; bumpy Sunday in Louisiana

If you live in southeastern Minnesota, you’ll probably need your umbrella on Monday. The Twin Cities metro area could also see some showers, especially late Monday afternoon and Monday evening. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows a low pressure system moving into Missouri early Monday. The low moves northeastward from there, arriving in northern Illinois…
by Ron Trenda

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Lots of clouds, shower chance too

Lots of clouds, shower chance too

Most of Minnesota will have a cloudy Sunday, and we’ll also have plenty of clouds on Monday. Southern Minnesota had some Sunday morning showers, and scattered showers could redevelop Sunday afternoon in parts of southern and central Minnesota. Play ball  The Minnesota Twin’s home opener is Monday afternoon at Target Field. The first pitch is slated for 3:10…
by Ron Trenda

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Mild start to April; March recap

Mild start to April; March recap

We’re starting April in style, with above normal temperatures and no snowflakes on the radar! Our Saturday highs are expected to poke into the lower 60s over much of southern and central Minnesota, with mostly 50s north. A few spots in northeastern Minnesota that have a bit of snow cover might top out in the 40s.…
by Ron Trenda

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Minnesota’s expanding mosquito season; Climate Cast 9 am Wednesday

Minnesota’s expanding mosquito season; Climate Cast 9 am Wednesday

Don’t look now, but the 2017 growing season is almost here. One of the interesting metrics of our warmer climate in Minnesota? Frost-free seasons are getting longer. The trend of a longer frost-free season, also called the growing season, is remarkably consistent over the past 30+ years. In fact 2016 produced the longest growing season on…
by Paul Huttner

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