Paul is a Penn State meteorologist and AMS Fellow with 45 years of television and radio experience. A serial entrepreneur, Douglas has launched 7 businesses, including EarthWatch Communications, Digital Cyclone and Praedictix, which provides content, consulting and severe weather briefings for media and corporate interests. EarthWatch created 3-D weather special effects for Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” and “Twister” and Digital Cyclone was first to put Doppler radar on cellular phones in 2001. Today developers manage unique streams of weather data and imagery for corporate optimization, worldwide, via AerisWeather, which was sold to Vaisala in early 2022. With a daily print and online weather column at Star Tribune, Paul provides daily weather updates on WCCO Radio in the Twin Cities. A contributor to the Climate Science Rapid Response Team, Douglas has authored 4 books, including a focus on climate, faith and science in 2017 with “Caring for Creation, the Evangelical’s Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment”. Paul’s latest illustrated book is “A Kid’s Guide to Saving the Planet”. A frequent contributor to MSNBC on the link between climate and weather, Douglas was featured in NOVA’s “Decoding the Weather Machine”. With a home in the western suburbs of the Twin Cities and a cabin on Pelican Lake, Minnesota, Paul has been married for 38 years, with two sons and a 2-year-old grandson, Jordan.
Paul Douglas
Here’s How You Can Live And Work On A Cruise Ship For $29,999/Year
Many people value experiences over possessions. If that's you, and you have a serious case of wanderlust, consider working from sea, on a cruise ship, for possibly less than what you spend on land!
No Way! A Highway Surface that Naturally Melts Snow & Ice?
Every year an average of 116,000 Americans are injured in snow and ice-related injuries. Removing snow from America's highways costs an estimated $4 billion annually. What if we could mix just the right chemicals into asphalt, so that a highway surface would (naturally) melt snow and ice? It's not science fiction anymore.
Kirk Cousins and 2022 Vikings Season To Be Showcased on Upcoming Netflix Series
Kirk Cousins had an almost Cinderella-like season as Vikings quarterback in 2022. Almost. Winning games he wasn't supposed to win, and winning the NFC North title for the first time since 2017. Now he's winning a close-up on "Quarterback" a Netflix sports series set to debut this summer. He'll be joined by Patrick Mahomes (never heard of him) and Marcus Mariota
Lake Superior Ice Hits 50-Year Record Low, Why?
Satellite data shows ice on Lake Superior at the lowest levels ever recorded as of February 15, less than 5% of the greatest Great Lake is frozen over.
How Predictable: Coldest Super Bowl on Record Was in Minnesota
Increasingly, Super Bowl games are being held in domed stadiums in warm climates. There's a good reason for that, as a history of Super Bowl weather makes glaringly obvious. Because weather outside can be pretty crazy in early February
Weather Balloon or Chinese Spy Balloon? There’s a HUGE Difference
Balloons tend to signify a good time. But not always, as the recent Chinese spy balloon sighting and tracking proved. Chinese officials tried to make the case that it was a weather balloon, but that's simply not true. In this post we show the (massive) differences between a spy balloon and a weather balloon.
Ignore the Groundhog – Why 6 More Weeks of Winter is a Sure Thing
I'm going to make this easy: residents of Minnesota, in fact, get to enjoy 6 more weeks of winter. Frankly, I'll be relieved if it's ONLY 6 more weeks.
10 Homegrown Minnesota Phrases That Baffle Most Americans
Minnesotans have some unique words and phrases you won't find anywhere this side of Stockholm.
Not F-F-Fake News: How Arctic Cold Fronts Are Actually Good For Us
Can you make the case that cold weather (in moderation of course) is actually good for you? Yes.
A Green Comet Is Returning For First Time in 50,000 Years
One of many advantages of living in The Northland? You get an amazing view of the nighttime sky - if you can get away from the lights of metro Duluth-Superior. That dark sky may come in handy later this month as Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) makes a relatively close pass to planet Earth...