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TheForecast Post

A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Friday, 18 September 2026

Minneapolis, Minnesota Revisions MILEPOST 1127

Minneapolis's forecast for Wednesday has moved 12°F colder

71°F in the 20260916T00:00Z run, 59°F in the 20260917T18:00Z — the 2nd-largest revision of the 10 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 8°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Wednesday, September 23 at 00Z in Minneapolis, that trail runs from 71.1°F in the 20260916T00:00Z cycle to 58.7°F in the 20260917T18:00Z — a move of -12.4°F across 8 runs.

The change is larger than the run's own 10th-to-90th percentile spread — the guidance did not merely narrow, it moved off its previous position.

Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
forecast revision for Wednesday at 00Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-12.4 °F normal 0.0 °F · 2 of 10
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
8 °F normal 12.4 °F
current run
Milepost
1127 · laid 2026-09-18T04:25:21Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20260917T18:00Z
Desk
revision v1
Method
the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run
Source
https://api.weather.city/v1/history
Digest
84d55699515e1c9501651e48ea8c6f99e7e383fe9c225cccb660168ef62d02b8
Machine
JSON