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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.

Classic October weekend, Halloween cool front

Classic October weekend, Halloween cool front

We never know what November will bring at this latitude. So when we get a final weekend in October with sunny skies and temps running a good 10 degrees above average we soak it up. All in.
by Paul Huttner

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Maps: Scary Halloween weather volatility

Maps: Scary Halloween weather volatility

The weather maps can turn downright scary as the November witching hour draws near. Halloween is the holiday each year where weather can range from balmy shades of July, to icy breezes of January.
by Paul Huttner

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Solar cycle’s biggest sunspot aims toward earth

Solar cycle’s biggest sunspot aims toward earth

It's called sunspot 2192. It's way bigger than earth and it's moving around to the earth facing side of the sun. It's also increasingly likely to unleash a massive X-class solar flare in the next few days.
by Paul Huttner

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Colorful GoPro ride in the trees

Colorful GoPro ride in the trees

What does MPR Education Reporter Tim Post do when he has some extra time on his hands? He takes a really long 20 foot pole and straps on a GoPro camera and sticks it up in the trees. The result? A stunningly colorful ride through peak autumn color in the Twin Cities. Two questions: What do…
by Paul Huttner

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Rare sunset solar eclipse Thursday

Rare sunset solar eclipse Thursday

The second eclipse this month will put on a sky show over most of North America Thursday. This one is a partial solar eclipse, and a rare sunset eclipse for Minnesota and the Mississippi Valley.
by Paul Huttner

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