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.

Hazy sunshine and seasonal temperatures
Canadian high pressure sprawls out across the Upper Midwest, providing sunshine and quiet weather conditions. Wildfire smoke aloft still a cause for concern in northern Minnesota.
Lingering cloud cover and isolated showers; hazy skies continue
Low pressure centered over the Great Lakes region will provide lingering cloud cover and very isolated showers. As high pressure moves in we will see sunshine and quiet weather conditions. Air quality alert continues for northern Minnesota.
Partial sunshine with scattered showers; quiet weekend ahead
A low pressure center continues to move very slowly across northern Minnesota. Ongoing scattered showers and a few rumbles of thunder are possible for Thursday night. Temperatures remain slightly below our average to end the work week.
A soggy overnight with lingering instability Thursday and Friday
We’ll have scattered showers and thunderstorms overnight with heavy rain possible in some places. Instability will linger into Thursday and Friday. A dry, pleasant weekend is shaping up.