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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.

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Crazy warm morning, colder winds kick in today

Crazy warm morning, colder winds kick in today

Despite the warm morning, expect increasingly gusty frigid west winds across Minnesota today and tonight. A follow on clipper spreads snow across Nebraska and Iowa in the cold air wake Friday.
by Paul Huttner

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Climate Change: A boost for northern wines?

Climate Change: A boost for northern wines?

There are plenty of serious stories about the detrimental effects from climate change. One group who may continue to benefit from continued climate shifts in the coming decades ? Northern wine growers.
by Paul Huttner

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Waves of rain, El Nino pushes into record territory

Waves of rain, El Nino pushes into record territory

Rainfall totals pass the 1" mark across the Twin Cities today, on the way to 2" in some areas by tomorrow. Throw in a little thunder and you've got another unusually mild late fall season storm system for now until frigid winds blow in on the system's backside Wednesday night and Thursday.
by Paul Huttner

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A weekend warm-up is on its way

A weekend warm-up is on its way

Expect highs both Saturday and Sunday to range from around 50 in the Arrowhead to the upper 50s and low 60s from the metro area to southwestern Minnesota.
by Bill Endersen

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Less wind on Friday, warmer this weekend

Less wind on Friday, warmer this weekend

Our Thursday night will feature gusty winds and a chance of showers in the Twin Cities.  We could even see a few wet snowflakes. More significant snow is expected over northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.  The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for those areas, valid until 8 a.m. Friday. Two to four…
by Ron Trenda

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A rainy gale of November

A rainy gale of November

Temperatures today will be nearly steady or even slowly falling as colder air pours into the state. The weekend looks great, though, courtesy of an eastbound warm front.
by Bill Endersen

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November thunderstorms and hail, rain and wind overnight

November thunderstorms and hail, rain and wind overnight

Our Veteran's Day Storm of 2015 arrived on schedule. The unusually warm system greeted the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota with more typical late summer weather fare. Lightning, thunder, downpours and hail in November?
by Paul Huttner

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Storm blows in wind and rain this afternoon and tonight

Storm blows in wind and rain this afternoon and tonight

A powerful storm system winds up and races toward Minnesota this Veterans Day. The system deepens rapidly early Wednesday, driving a combination of wind, heavy rain and some thunder across a big swath of the Upper Midwest.
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