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Tweets about weather and life from MPR News Chief Meteorologist and Climate Cast Host Paul Huttner. Climate specialist. Sunset lover.
Twin Cities, MN
Joined March 2017
The thickest wildfire smoke smudge passes through tonight. Better air quality returns to the south Tuesday. #mnwx .
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A plume of wildfire smoke passes through Minnesota Monday night. But smoke should clear from west to east Tuesday morning.
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Yes. 1 in 1000 year rainfall recurrence for Milwaukee. Another example of a climate juiced atmosphere unloading.
14” in a day is easily a 1-in-1000 year event for Milwaukee. It’s insane this far north. Actually 14” in 10 days meets the 1-in-1000 year criteria. Yes, read that again. To be clear, this doesn’t mean it only happens once every 1000 years, it means the chance in any one year is
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Tropical Storm Erin expected to become a major hurricane in a few days. Most spaghetti models recurve Erin north before reaching US East Coast but we'll have to watch closely!.
11am EDT Mon Aug 11th - Tropical Storm #Erin has formed in the far eastern tropical Atlantic just west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds are 45 mph & intensification is forecast as it moves westward across the open tropical Atlantic.
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RT @mpca_aqi: Heavy wildfire smoke will slowly move into Minnesota today and tonight, and then exit from west to east from Mon-Tue morning.….
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That is one giant severe thunderstorm watch covering most of Minnesota 'til 4 am. Local gusts 70-80 mph possible. MSP most likely after around midnight. Have a way to hear warnings tonight!.Happy nocturnal thunderstorm season. #mnwx.
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin until 4 AM CDT
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Here we go. 80% chance severe weather watch soon including MSP. Storms developing W MN now. Storms into Brainerd/central Minnesota lakes in 1-3 hours. MSP likely midnight-3 am. Possible squall line MCS with 60-70+ mph wind potential. Hail, torrential downpours. Vivid ⚡ .#mnwx.
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Looks like a stormy night across much of Minnesota. Storms fire in western Minnesota Friday evening. Likely to reach MSP through Duluth after midnight. High winds, hail, torrential rains, and a wicked lightning show likely overnight. ⚡️.#mnwx .
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A cool front will spark strong storms across Minnesota overnight into early Saturday morning. Then more Canadian wildfire smoke looks likely by Sunday.
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Heads up tonight Minnesota. Models including this HRRR shot for 1 AM Saturday show a strong/severe storm line cutting through central Minnesota. MSP arrival likely between about 1-3 AM. Gusty winds, hail, torrential rainfall wicked lightning show all possible overnight. #mnwx
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Steamy to stormy?.Heat advisories and scattered storm waves ahead. #mnwx .
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A steamy tropical air mass will boost heat index values to around 100 degrees Friday afternoon.
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There are some fantasy 384-hour GFS runs being posted on social media showing 2 hurricanes on either side of Florida. Please don't give a 384-hour model run any credibility. That said there are signs the tropical Atlantic may get more active in the next couple weeks.
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The Dog Days of Summer '25 roll on. Increasingly steamy with spotty storm chances this week. 90s ahead by Friday afternoon. #mnwx .
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An increasingly warm and humid summer air mass blows into Minnesota the rest of this week. Highs will reach the lower 90s in the south by Friday afternoon.
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There's good air quality across much of Minnesota for the first time in a while. But an air quality alert lingers for the northeast until 7 p.m. tonight. #mnwx .
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Good air quality Wednesday across western half of Minnesota. But some wildfire smoke lingers sin the northeast.
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Good news here. But very inefficient to hire and train new people when those who were cut were already well trained. NWS ROI very high estimated at 73:1! .#mnwx.
NEW: The NWS receives permission to hire up to 450 meteorologists/hydrologists/radar technicians after DOGE-related cuts. Agency also given a public safety exemption from federal hiring freeze. (1/2).
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A few storms in western MN Tue night should fade as they approach MSP early Wed AM. ⚡️.Air quality alert for NE Minnesota. My MPCA sources tell me we've already had 33 air quality alerts this year in MN. That's just 8 shy of the record of 41 in 2023!.
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A few scattered storms will move through western Minnesota through Tuesday night. An air quality alert covers northeast Minnesota.
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RT @WeatherProf: A big talking point of climate change skeptics is “…but the 1930s were hot!”.It’s true. They are right. 1930s summers were….
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Latest air quality alert for northeast Minnesota Tuesday and Wednesday. #mnwx .
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An air quality alert has been issued for northeast Minnesota for Tuesday and Wednesday.
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We'll have some less smoky summers, but get used to smokier MN summer trend until we reduce GHG emissions. Canada has 1.2 BILLION ACRES of boreal forests. Hotter drier climate sucks more moisture from dry fuels. Unfortunately this is the tip of the iceberg for smoke potential.
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Great discussion here on the causes of increased smoke in our Minnesota skies. Wildfires have increased 4X in Canada and the US since the 1970s. 🔥.What changed?.The climate. #mnwx .
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Minnesota saw a record-breaking six-day air quality alert due to wildfires burning in Canada sending smoke into the skies. Canada is seeing one of it’s worst wildfire seasons on record.
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RT @mpca_aqi: We have cancelled the record long 6 consecutive day air quality alert for all of MN, as observations continue to show improve….
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