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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.

Rivers slowly receding; a cool start to July

Rivers slowly receding; a cool start to July

Clusters of thunderstorms roamed the state on Saturday with rainfall amounts of over 2 inches in  portions of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Amounts were lighter in the southwest metro, where my rain gauge collected less than a half inch on Saturday afternoon in Eden Prairie. There is some positive news on the state of…
by Craig Edwards

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Severe weather update

Severe weather update

Torrential rain late this afternoon and early this evening has caused flooding in parts of the Twin Cities metro area.  A flood warning is in effect for parts of the metro until 1130 pm: FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 617 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON,…
by Ron Trenda

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Who gets struck by lightning?

Who gets struck by lightning?

In previous Updraft posts, I have discussed, as part of Lightning Safety Awareness Week, how lightning works and how lightning strikes people. Although most lightning remains in the clouds, the bolts that injure and kill people are cloud-to-ground strokes. Lightning data long have showed that men, especially young men, are the most likely to be…
by Bill Endersen

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