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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.

Winter storm warning SW Minn. Sunday; SW metro is in a watch Sunday PM

Winter storm warning SW Minn. Sunday; SW metro is in a watch Sunday PM

A winter storm  is expected to impact southern Minnesota and parts of central Minnesota Sunday and Sunday night, with the heaviest snow expected over southwestern and south-central Minnesota. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model shows the pattern of snow Sunday through Sunday night and Monday morning, and the areas that could see the…
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Winter storm watch Sunday afternoon into Monday

Winter storm watch Sunday afternoon into Monday

Minnesotans know that it can snow in March. We average 10.2 inches of snow in the Twin Cities in March, making March the third snowiest month of the year. That average is based on a 30 year period (currently 1981-2010) that is shifted every 10 years. As you might imagine, our Twin Cities March snow totals show quite…
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January in March

January in March

We can’t trust our calendars this year. This is March, but it felt like mid to late April last Sunday and Monday over most of southern and central Minnesota. Today’s high temperatures would be normal for mid January in Minnesota! Our Twin Cities high temp is expected to reach only the lower 20s this afternoon, which would be our coldest…
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Wintry temperatures

Wintry temperatures

Minnesotans know all about our wild March temperature swings. It felt like the middle of April last Sunday over much of Minnesota, and the warm temps lingered into Monday over southern and central parts of our state. We’re overdue for some cooler temps, since 23 out of the 28 days in February were warmer than normal in the…
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