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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.

Above-normal temperatures through Monday, then much colder

Above-normal temperatures through Monday, then much colder

Mild temperatures continue Today will be our ninth consecutive day with warmer-than-normal temperatures. Daytime highs have been mostly quite mild for late December and cloud blankets have prevented most nights from cooling substantially. I expect this pattern to hold through next Monday. Wednesday High temperatures this afternoon should range from 25 to 30 in northern…
by Bill Endersen

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Highs in the 30s Wednesday; much colder in early January

Highs in the 30s Wednesday; much colder in early January

It was great to see sunshine this Tuesday afternoon! We’ve had a lot of cloud cover lately, and we finally had an opportunity to see a sunset. In the Twin Cities, our sunset is now 7 minutes later than it was on December 15. That’s a nice start, but we won’t see sunsets at 5 p.m. until January 15.…
by Ron Trenda

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Much lighter winds; possible winter storm next Monday

Much lighter winds; possible winter storm next Monday

We’ll all have a better hair day today! The low pressure system that delivered wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph to much of Minnesota yesterday is now sitting over southeastern Canada. We’ll have moderate winds today and tomorrow, with no strong weather systems nearby: The final image in the loop, which is Thursday morning, shows tighter isobars and increasing…
by Ron Trenda

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Wettest year in the Twin Cities; light winds for our Tuesday

Wettest year in the Twin Cities; light winds for our Tuesday

Our weekend storm delivered .97 of an inch of rain to the official rain gauge at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. That is a lot of rain in December! It was enough rain to bring our 2016 precipitation total (rainfall plus the water content of every snowfall) to 40.32 inches. That makes this the wettest year ever…
by Ron Trenda

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Winds diminish tonight; winter weather advisories through early evening northern MN

Winds diminish tonight; winter weather advisories through early evening northern MN

The strong low pressure system is moving away, and winds will diminish over Minnesota this evening and overnight. A winter weather advisory continues until 7 p.m. for much of northwestern and west-central Minnesota: North-central and northeastern Minnesota, and northwestern Wisconsin, remain in a winter weather advisory for light snow and blowing snow until 9 p.m. this…
by Ron Trenda

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Windy afternoon with snow showers; blizzard and winter storm warnings northern MN

Windy afternoon with snow showers; blizzard and winter storm warnings northern MN

Strong winds will continue all across Minnesota this afternoon. High wind warnings are in effect until 3 p.m. for southwestern and west-central Minnesota, due to winds of 30 to 45 mph and possible gusts to 60 mph: After 3 p.m., the high wind warning becomes a wind advisory, which will continue until 6 p.m. today. Most…
by Ron Trenda

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Windy and colder with occasional flakes; winter storm warning northern MN

Windy and colder with occasional flakes; winter storm warning northern MN

Wind will be the biggest weather problem over southern and central Minnesota today, but we’ll also occasional light snow. High wind warnings are in effect until 3 p.m. for southwestern and west-central Minnesota, due to winds of 30 to 45 mph and possible gusts to 65 mph: A wind advisory for 30 to 40 mph winds…
by Ron Trenda

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Windy with rain at times overnight; blizzard and winter storm warnings northern MN into Monday

Windy with rain at times overnight; blizzard and winter storm warnings northern MN into Monday

Generous rains fell over much of southern Minnesota this Christmas afternoon and evening. Today’s rain was enough to make 2016 the wettest year in Twin Cities history: With today's precip, Twin Cities has set new record annual precip record (currently 40.27"), breaking the previous record of 40.15" (1911). — NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) December 26, 2016…
by Ron Trenda

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Rain tonight; ice storm, blizzard and winter storm warnings in northern MN into Monday

Rain tonight; ice storm, blizzard and winter storm warnings in northern MN into Monday

The Twin Cities metro area and much of southern Minnesota will see periods of rain tonight, with a thunderstorm also possible. A freezing rain advisory continues until 6 p.m. just north of the Twin Cities and also over southeastern Minnesota. A high wind warning for about the southern half of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, is…
by Ron Trenda

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Freezing rain; ice storm, blizzard and winter storm warnings central and northern MN

Freezing rain; ice storm, blizzard and winter storm warnings central and northern MN

A freezing rain advisory continues to 3 p.m. for about the southern half of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, as well as western Wisconsin. Central Minnesota has an ice storm warning until 6 p.m.: Here are some details, courtesy of the Twin Cities NWS: URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 841…
by Ron Trenda

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