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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.

Mild December 2014: Rain to slop next week?

Mild December 2014: Rain to slop next week?

There seems to be slightly better news for holiday travelers next week. The latest forecast model trends bring a slightly warmer system in Monday. That could be enough to keep precipitation mostly as rain Monday, with a change to wet sloppy snow showers Monday night into Tuesday into Christmas Eve on Wednesday.
by Paul Huttner

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Possible winter storm developing Christmas week

The latest models runs, and shifts in some larger atmospheric "oscillations" suggest next week's storm could deepen and become a significant snow maker for Minnesota and the Upper Midwest.
by Paul Huttner

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Quiet through Sunday, mixed precip next week

Quiet through Sunday, mixed precip next week

Moderating temps, dry weather and generally clear roads should hold though Sunday. A mixed bag of rain, sleet and snow could pose some travel issues from Monday into Christmas Eve.
by Paul Huttner

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2014: Warmest globally, Minnesota’s coldest in 18 years

2014: Warmest globally, Minnesota’s coldest in 18 years

I’ve been talking with MPR Climate Cast contributor University of St. Thomas Professor John Abraham this week about what it will take for 2014 to “officially” be declared the warmest year on record globally. John is at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco this week. John and I traded data including the National Oceanic and…
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Sun returns as winter trends sunnier

Sun returns as winter trends sunnier

We bottom out today as temps stagger into the lower 20s. Temps moderate the rest of the week as winds shift into the south on the back side of retreating Canadian high pressure.
by Paul Huttner

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White Christmas? Touch and go this year

White Christmas? Touch and go this year

It's the perennial December question in Minnesota. A blanket of white by December 25th this year has looked touch and go for a couple of weeks. Looking at next week's maps, the odds of a white Christmas appear to be about 50/50 as we approach one week until Christmas Eve.
by Paul Huttner

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