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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.

Weather perfection today; ‘Tonka ice-out is 6th earliest

Weather perfection today; ‘Tonka ice-out is 6th earliest

Southern Minnesota gets clipped by some light rain showers Wednesday and Wednesday night as low pressure brings another soaking to Iowa. A few light showers or sprinkles may clip the Twin Cities Wednesday night. We return to sunshine by Friday.
by Paul Huttner

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Gray Sunday with a shower chance; a look at April baseball

Gray Sunday with a shower chance; a look at April baseball

Here we go again. Our Sunday will be cloudy, and gray skies could linger into Monday afternoon in eastern Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area. This is our fourth consecutive cloudy day in the Twin Cities and much of southern Minnesota. Along with the clouds, much of Minnesota will see periods of light rain or drizzle Sunday into…
by Ron Trenda

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Mostly cloudy weekend; April snow facts

Mostly cloudy weekend; April snow facts

If gray is your favorite color, you’ll love this weekend. Mostly cloudy skies are expected over Minnesota and western Wisconsin on Saturday and Sunday. At least there aren’t any mosquitoes! Rain chances As we go through the weekend, a low pressure system will move slowly from southern Missouri to northern Illinois. The result will be a…
by Ron Trenda

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A new cloud; 40s through the weekend

A new cloud; 40s through the weekend

Thursday was World Meteorological Day. To help mark the event, the World Meteorological Association released an online version of their International Cloud Atlas: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its new, long-awaited, digitized International Cloud Atlas – the global reference for observing and identifying clouds, which are an essential part of weather, the climate system and the…
by Ron Trenda

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Rainy pattern arrives, first 70 in sight?

Rainy pattern arrives, first 70 in sight?

April showers are here a week early. A slow moving low pressure storm slides south, dealing waves of showery weather. The bulk of the rain arrives overnight and Friday, but a few showers may linger this weekend. The heaviest rainfall still favors southern Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Twin Cities lies on the northern edge of the…
by Paul Huttner

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Rain develops Thursday, 1″ to 2″+ possible south

Rain develops Thursday, 1″ to 2″+ possible south

April showers are pushing the season in Minnesota this year. A storm system taking shape in the Desert Southwest pools near Denver overnight and moves into the Plains Thursday. The slow moving low sends waves of rain into Minnesota Thursday and Friday. Model convergence? Forecast models have converged toward a more agreeable solution on the location of the heaviest…
by Paul Huttner

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