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.

September 5, 2014 10:22 AM

Best weekend of the year? Early frost late next week?

Clear the calendar this weekend. Cancel all indoor plans. This is a red alert. This weekend’s weather may be the best of the year in the eyes of many Minnesotans. A delightfully dry and clean Canadian air mass sails through Minnesota this weekend. Abundant sunshine? Highs in the upper 60s north and 70s central and south? Lows in…

by Paul Huttner

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September 4, 2014 11:17 AM

‘Bow echo’ tears down trees in lake country

Violent storms tore through the central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin lake country in the past 24 hours. A series of severe storms, capped of by a bow echo racing east at 50 mph downed numerous trees and power lines from the Brainerd Lakes area to Wisconsin’s Siren and Hayward lake country Thursday. Here’s a look at the impressive shelf cloud…

by Paul Huttner

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September 4, 2014 3:04 AM

Severe storms outbreak north; steamy, then fall-like

Severe storms raced across central Minnesota this morning leaving a trail of damage reports and downed trees in their wake. The storm clusters take aim on Minnesota’s Arrowhead and northern Wisconsin this afternoon. Wind damage has been reported in the Brainerd Lakes area today, with trees and power lines down between Brainerd and Baxter. Here are…

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September 3, 2014 11:38 AM

Record rain, steamy Thursday, spectacular fall weekend

Thursday feels like summer, then a potent fall-like cold front blows through by Friday. Canadian high pressure will bring a delightfully cool and dry air mass as high pressure builds in.

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September 3, 2014 3:33 AM

Wet morning, developing severe risk

Our well advertised midweek rain system has arrived across chunks of Minnesota. The first wave rolls through southern Minnesota and the metro this morning with showers and thunderstorms. The second wave looks likely to fire in central Minnesota later afternoon and evening. The morning showers give way to a potential severe threat. The highest threat for severe storms late today favors areas…

by Paul Huttner

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September 2, 2014 1:24 PM

“Significant” severe storm risk Wednesday

It may be a bumpy Wednesday across Minnesota. An aggressive warm front is pushing north with higher dew points and plenty of shear to drive scattered severe storms. The highest risk for severe coverage runs along and north of the Interstate-94 corridor Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday night. Here’s a look at our next weather maker. A…

by Paul Huttner

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September 2, 2014 3:23 AM

Back to school perfection, severe risk Wednesday

This week attempts to make up its mind between summer and fall. Moisture and tropical dew points surge north again Wednesday. Scattered storms will rumble in as heat and humidity build Wednesday and Thursday.

by Paul Huttner

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August 31, 2014 2:45 AM

Threat for severe storms, mainly late afternoon and evening

A few rogue showers and thunderstorms may roam Minnesota through early afternoon, but the chance for strong to severe storms is most likely later in the day and into tonight. You’ll want to keep sky aware for the potential for severe storms. From the Storm Prediction Center; they have outlined the risk for tornadoes that…

by Craig Edwards

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August 29, 2014 12:41 PM

Unsettled weather today and again later on Sunday

While some parts of Minnesota have received more than their share of rain in July and August, the core of the Twin Cities metro area has been missed frequently. I had measured just one inch of rain in my back yard in Minneapolis this month up until the thunderstorm that woke me at 3 a.m.…

by Bill Endersen

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August 28, 2014 12:25 PM

Showers likely tonight, sunshine back on Saturday

As predicted by a couple of the computer models, the bulk of the rain split over central Minnesota. At 4 p.m., heavy rain was reported at Albert Lea to the south and Benson to the west. Several weather reporting stations around the Twin Cities metro checked in with a mere 0.02 inch of rainfall today. On…

by Craig Edwards

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