Paul
Douglas, meteorologist
Paul Douglas (aka Douglas Paul Kruhoeffer) is a nationally
respected meteorologist, with 28 years (2011) of broadcast
television and 32 years of radio experience. Douglas graduated with
a Bachelor of Science Degree in Meteorology from the Pennsylvania
State University in 1980. From 1982 to 1983 Douglas was employed by
Satellite News Channel, an all-news, sports and weather headline
service on cable, based in Stamford, Connecticut. At “SNC” Douglas
made numerous appearances with Ted Koppel on ABC News Nightline as a
consultant.
From 1983 to 1994 Douglas was employed by KARE-TV
in Minneapolis. While there he began a daily weather column in the
Star Tribune newspaper. He authored a book, “Prairie Skies, the
Minnesota Weather Book”, and taught a broadcast meteorology class at
the Saint Cloud State University in 1992-93. His most recent
weather-related book, “Restless Skies, the Ultimate Weather Book”,
was released nationwide by Barnes and Noble in late 2004 and is now
in its second printing (Sterling Publishing). He taught broadcast
meteorology at St. Cloud State University in 1992.
From 1994
to 1997, Douglas was employed by WBBM-TV in Chicago, where he
anchored the weather and contributed special reports on such topics
as global warming and tornado research. While there he appeared on
the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather as a weather consultant.
Douglas was awarded an Associated Press Award for a 10 part series
on nuclear energy he produced in the wake of the Three Mile Island
accident in 1979.
In 1989 Douglas founded a software venture
called EarthWatch Communications. Hundreds of television stations in
the United States and 20 other countries licensed EarthWatch’s
three-dimensional weather graphics technology. In addition to
applications for television, Steven Spielberg employed the special
3-D effects in the movies Jurassic Park and Twister.
Douglas,
age 51, has received a Seal of Approval from the AMS, The American
Meteorological Society. In 2005 he passed a rigorous exam to become
Minnesota’s first CBM, or Certified Broadcast Meteorologist,
recognized by the AMS in Boston. He served as Chief Meteorologist
for WCCO-TV in the Twin Cities from 1997 to 2008. He makes monthly
appearances on Public Television’s Almanac program where he
discusses current weather trends and issues.
In 1998 Douglas
founded Digital Cyclone, Inc (DCI), which personalizes the weather
forecasting experience for individuals on the web, e-mail and cell
phones. His goal: to create personal weather channels for every
consumer on a new generation of data-enabled cell phones. The
service, Mobile My-Cast, is currently available from all major
wireless carriers, enabling consumers to see location-based weather
alerts and hourly weather reports and even see custom weather
graphics, including Doppler radar, lightning and severe storm
tracking, on cell phones, making the weather experience unique for
every user. In January, 2007 Douglas sold DCI to Garmin, Inc, the
leader in global navigation systems.
Focusing on new media
and almost limitless Internet opportunities, Paul Douglas is
Director of Meteorology for La Crosse Technology, producing daily
weather video reports for their ambitious, cutting-edge web site. As
Founder and CEO of WeatherNation, Douglas and a team of 7 on-air
meteorologists are producing and disseminating daily weather reports
for web sites, cable channels, and TV broadcasters looking to cut
costs, without sacrificing quality. He is also Founder of Singular
Logic LLC, a separate technology and patent-holding company
attempting to reinvent advertising by allowing consumers to choose
the categories of ads they have to watch on their PC’s, TV sets and
cable systems. In 2009 Douglas co-founded a new company, Smart
Energy LLC, focusing on high-resolution weather forecasts and
visualization systems for wind farms, utilities and energy traders
across North America.
Douglas became interested in weather
and public service at a young age. After suffering through a
devastating tropical storm (Agnes) in 1972 which flooded much of his
hometown of Lancaster, PA, he developed a network of flood gauges
which were monitored by ham radio operators during flash flood
situations. At the age of 16 he became Weather Officer for Lancaster
Country Civil Defense. An Eagle Scout, Douglas still teaches weather
and astronomy merit badge to fellow scouts. He’s actively involved
with the Northern Star Council of the Boy Scouts and a board member
for the Minnesota Planetarium Society. He is the spokesperson and
public face of SAVE, Suicide Awareness, Voices of Education, a
non-profit company based in Bloomington, which counsels people
suffering from depression, educates the public about warning signs,
and helps to identify at-risk people, not only in Minnesota, but
nationwide with a 1-800 call in number. Previously he was a board
member on the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Memorial Blood Bank
in Minneapolis. He continues to volunteer his free time for school
talks, charitable fund-raisers and speaking engagements on such
topics as his entrepreneurial career and climate change.
His wife of 26 years, Laurie, is a professional architect. They have
two boys: Walt is a senior at Penn State and Brett, currently a
second-year “youngster” at the U.S. Naval Academy. Douglas and his
wife live in Tonka Bay, Minnesota – his offices are nearby in
Excelsior.
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