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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Updraft® is your source for Minnesota forecasts and insights from our expert meteorologists Ben Cathey, Sven Sundgaard and Mandy Thalhuber.

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Severe weather awareness week

Severe weather awareness week

We’ve already seen our first tornadoes of the year in Minnesota, on March 6. The 3 tornadoes that day set a new record for the earliest tornadoes ever observed in Minnesota. Thankfully, the March 6 tornadoes didn’t cause any fatalities. Severe weather awareness week As we move into the warmer days of spring, we see more frequent thunderstorms.…
by Ron Trenda

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Sunny and breezy Sunday; red flag warning western Minn.

Sunny and breezy Sunday; red flag warning western Minn.

Our Friday and Saturday rainfall total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 1.30 inches. I’m going to have to rummage through my garage and find my lawnmower this week! Rochester recorded a Friday-Saturday rainfall total of .52″, St. Cloud received .33″, but Duluth saw only .01″. Mild temps Our average high temp is 58 degrees…
by Ron Trenda

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Some Saturday evening thunder; bright and breezy Sunday

Some Saturday evening thunder; bright and breezy Sunday

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will move across Minnesota Saturday evening. The Storm Prediction Center of the NWS shows a marginal risk of severe weather this Saturday evening and Saturday night for the far southern part of the Twin Cities metro area and for much of southern Minnesota: A marginal risk indicates that an isolated severe thunderstorm…
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Saturday rain and thunder; bright and dry on Sunday

Saturday rain and thunder; bright and dry on Sunday

It’s ducky weather to start our weekend. Rain totals from Friday evening through Saturday morning approached one inch in parts of the Twin Cities metro area. Saturday morning’s steady rains will be followed by occasional periods of scattered showers and thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and evening in southern and central Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area.…
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Rainy Friday night, Saturday PM; sunny Easter Sunday

Rainy Friday night, Saturday PM; sunny Easter Sunday

Multiple waves of showers and a few embedded thundershowers blow through Minnesota this weekend. The first waves arrive in southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities through Friday night.
by Paul Huttner

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Showers and thunder at times; bright and dry Sunday

Showers and thunder at times; bright and dry Sunday

Occasional showers are possible Friday and Friday night over southern and central Minnesota, with a few embedded thunderstorms also possible. Northern Minnesota should stay mostly dry through early Friday evening, with scattered showers overnight Friday night.
by Ron Trenda

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Rain, rain, go away?

Rain, rain, go away?

Several bouts of rain ahead. The pattern over the next two weeks continues to look very wet.
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Rain returns Friday; El Niño update

Rain returns Friday; El Niño update

Our Thursday highs in Minnesota will be mostly in the 50s, with some lower 60s possible in the northwest. Our next shot at meaningful rain arrives on Friday.
by Ron Trenda

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