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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.

Jaw dropping December mega-thaw ahead?

Jaw dropping December mega-thaw ahead?

Overnight and early Thursday model runs just keep magnifying the intensity and duration of what looks like a near record breaking December heat wave starting late next week.
by Paul Huttner

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Warming trend: Slow now, instant spring next week?

Warming trend: Slow now, instant spring next week?

We’ve come a long way since black ice and sub zero temps Monday morning. -3 degrees low temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Monday morning 34 degrees forecast high temperature Friday afternoon 2 inches snow depth at MSP Airport Our well advertised warming trend kicks in over the next 48 hours. Many locations in southern Minnesota may…
by Paul Huttner

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California: Multi-inch rains denting drought

California: Multi-inch rains denting drought

The skies finally opened up over California this week.The deepest drought in modern history is not over yet. But if this week's rain restored hope to drought stricken California, the forecast may have them dancing in the streets of San Francisco.
by Paul Huttner

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Edge of winter: Mild December to close 2014?

Edge of winter: Mild December to close 2014?

So after one of the coolest and craziest weather years in recent memory what can Minnesota do for an encore in December? How about closing a cold year with an unseasonably mild December?
by Paul Huttner

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Meteorological winter chill now; El Nino ahead?

Meteorological winter chill now; El Nino ahead?

Models continue to crank out a string of days in the 30s and even a few in the 40s starting this weekend through next week. Snowfall looks scant in the next two weeks, and temps may be warm enough aloft for some light December rain.
by Paul Huttner

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Changeable Thanksgiving weekend, hints of a mild December?

Changeable Thanksgiving weekend, hints of a mild December?

Happy Thanksgiving! There is much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving weekend at the Weather Lab. Good health. The company of family and good friends. Abundance. The coldest Thanksgiving in 29 years? You had me at Happy Thanksgiving. Our wild early winter season roller coaster ride continues through Thanksgiving weekend. Snow, cold, more snow and a thaw to…
by Paul Huttner

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