Weather

Courtesy New Ulm photos: The Journal of New Ulm, Kevin Sweeney

High winds trash cars at Minn. dealership

8:36 PM, May 24, 2012

A burst of strong winds has damaged dozens of vehicles at a south-central Minnesota car dealership. Winds and heavy rain ripped through Kohls-Weelborg Chevrolet in New Ulm.

Heavy rains continue across Minnesota

10:22 AM, May 24, 2012

Waves of heavy rain and thunderstorms pushed across much of Minnesota overnight Wednesday night and continued into Thursday morning.

Lightning strike triggers fire at Loretto home

9:56 AM, May 24, 2012

A family in the western suburbs has some rebuilding to do after a lightning strike triggered a fire at their home in Loretto Thursday morning.

Severe storms packing high winds and hail knocked out power to thousands in the Twin Cities metro area Saturday evening.

Storms knock out power to thousands in metro

8:56 AM, May 20, 2012

Severe storms packing high winds and hail knocked out power to thousands in the Twin Cities metro area Saturday evening.

Wind Advisory issued for parts of MN Thursday

1:30 PM, May 17, 2012

The National Weather Service has included part of the Twin Cities metro in a Wind Advisory issued for this afternoon through 7 p.m. Wind gusts up to 50 mph are expected as a warm front lifts northward through the state.

Up next on TV: The weather with Prince Charles

10:58 AM, May 10, 2012

If this king thing doesn't work out, Prince Charles may be able to fall back on a budding career as a weather man.

Drought breaks for nearly all of Minnesota

9:10 AM, May 10, 2012

Three months ago, 96 percent of the state was in a moderate to severe drought. The remaining pockets of drought include part of the North Shore, some of northwestern Minnesota along the Canadian border and part of south-central Minnesota.

Sunny, quiet weather finally!

5:57 PM, May 8, 2012

Exhale...that is what I did when I came to work Tuesday and looked at the models that forecast the weather for the following week.

'Super Moon' coming this Saturday

10:43 AM, May 4, 2012

This weekend will be an absolute delight for both professional and amateur astronomers alike: On Saturday, the United States will be treated to a "super moon" event - an evening where the full moon appears at its largest and brightest in the night sky.

Thunderstorms unleash heavy rain across Twin Cities

3:23 PM, May 3, 2012

A line of thunderstorms is pushing through the metro this morning and although they will likely not be severe, heavy rain is expected to accompany them.

Hail storms sweep through southern Minnesota

10:20 PM, May 2, 2012

Storms rumbled through southern Minnesota on Wednesday night. Hail as big as baseballs has been reported around the Mankato area.

Severe weather risk mainly south today

8:38 AM, May 2, 2012

After a round of storms and active weather Tuesday night things are looking much quieter for Wednesday.

Minn. storms whip up high winds, dump hail

10:03 PM, May 1, 2012

Another strong line of thunderstorms blew through the region Tuesday night after a previous system ripped across western Minnesota just hours earlier.

Today will potentially be our warmest day since March 19th. Expect highs this afternoon in the mid to upper 70s, with occasional clouds. Thundershowers will rumble across central and northern Minnesota & Wisconsin north of the warm front.

Severe weather possible with warm temps Tuesday

8:27 AM, May 1, 2012

The good news weather-wise is that Tuesday will likely be our warmest day in Minnesota since mid-May. The bad news... is that the potential of severe weather will accompany those mid-70s.

Severe weather possible Tuesday

5:34 PM, Apr 30, 2012

A warm front will lift northward Tuesday which may trigger strong to severe thunderstorms.

Government pushes for greater awareness of severe weather

12:37 PM, Apr 23, 2012

Heading into May, the peak month for tornadoes, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are teaming up to promote National Severe Weather Preparedness Week.

Sunshine, warmer temps to start week

9:59 PM, Apr 22, 2012

The sunshine returns just in time for us to head back to work and school (of course). Look for lots of blue skies Monday morning with a few clouds this afternoon.

Tornado drills help kids prepare for severe weather

9:42 PM, Apr 19, 2012

On Thursday, two sirens went off in Minnesota in order to test the systems put in place that are meant to warn and keep the public safe.

Emergency sirens to sound for statewide tornado drill

11:09 AM, Apr 19, 2012

Emergency sirens will blare across Minnesota and Wisconsin Thursday as part of the National Weather Service's Severe Weather week.

High-tech severe weather awareness

9:36 PM, Apr 18, 2012

In our ongoing series on Severe Weather Awareness week we show you some of the applications for smart phones, tablets and online resources.

Severe Weather Awareness: NOAA weather radios

10:07 PM, Apr 17, 2012

Today we often rely on cell phones, televisions and iPads for our information... But only the weather radio is loud enough to wake you up for a severe weather emergency in the middle of the night. Some are even programmed to broadcast the alerts even when the radio itself is turned off, so you'll be sure to get the information.

National Weather Service gears up for severe weather

8:45 AM, Apr 17, 2012

Gearing up for severe weather starts early in the day at the National Weather Service in Chanhassen. Weather balloons are launched at 6 a.m. everyday, but sometimes extra information is necessary to determine if the atmosphere is able to produce nasty storms.

60s return on Tuesday!

5:53 PM, Apr 16, 2012

Wow! What a rollercoaster for our thermometers and all of us! Even with the chill down it might surprise you that we are sitting at 5 degrees above normal for the month of April with an average temperature of 50 degrees. The precipitation is also above normal which is great with our current ongoing drought. We are currently at around 1.2" above normal to date with more April showers in the forecast this week.