Tuesday’s forecast model runs are amplifying a trend that’s been brewing in the forecast maps for next week. A surge of significantly warmer air now looks likely to blow into Minnesota next week.
Bottom line: This week will feel like winter around Minnesota. But next week has all the earmarks of a spring fever outbreak.
Get the latest forecast and climate news on The Updraft. — Paul Huttner, MPR News
While Minneapolis educators are on strike, many families are looking for alternatives for child care, daily meals and educational activities. Here are a few resources that can help.
Minnesota’s pandemic path continues to brighten, with fewer than 400 COVID patients in the hospital now and known, active cases trending near a seven-month low.
The prospect that the U.S. and its allies could impose new sanctions on Russian oil pushed energy prices sharply higher. The average price of gasoline in the U.S. hit $4.06 per gallon. | Share your tips: How do you save on gas when prices are high?
Educators had walking picket lines outside schools Tuesday, the first day of the Minneapolis educators strike. There was also a large march in north Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon. See visuals from the day here.
Burnsville police say they found no weapon at Burnsville High School after a search following an earlier report of a weapon that sent the school into lockdown. No injuries were reported.
Evacuations of people fleeing embattled Ukrainian cities along safe corridors have begun. Meanwhile, officials said Tuesday the exodus of refugees from Russia’s invasion of the country reached 2 million.
