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.

Brilliant weekend ahead, 6 dry days in a row?
You spongy lawn is about to get a break. Our persistent southwest upper air flow this summer has dumped an extra 5 to 10+ inches of rainfall for many of us. Now, a pattern change to northwest flow aloft brings drier breezes starting Saturday and very likely lasting through next Thursday. Just what the weather doctor ordered for farmers with…
Thundershower chance; some weekend sunshine
Most people aren’t amused when it is sunny during the work week, and the following weekend is rainy. That won’t happen this weekend! We should get most of the rain out of Minnesota by late tonight. There could be a lingering shower early Saturday morning over eastern Minnesota, followed by some sunshine. Showers/thunderstorms possible today A…
A pleasant Thursday
It’s back to the 50s today! Don’t be alarmed, we’re talking about dew point temperatures, not highs. It’ll be refreshingly dry today. Northwesterly winds have pushed the sticky dew points of the past three days out of Minnesota. Highs today will be very typical for this time of year: Some spots in the Twin Cities could touch 76…
Flash flood watch through tomorrow
Would the last one out please turn off the faucet? Here we go again. Another stalled frontal zone triggers waves of showers and thunderstorms today through tomorrow night across much of Minnesota. Another 2″ to 5″+ rainfall is on the way by Wednesday night in most back yards and farm fields.   Flash flood watches…
A summery Labor Day, t-storms possible tonight
Southerly breezes will bring summery warmth and humidity to southern and central Minnesota today. It’s appropriate, since many of us look at Labor Day as the end of our summer. Highs will top out in the lower 80s over much of southern Minnesota: Some spots in the Twin Cities could hit about 84 degrees. Dew point…