Paul Douglas
Meteorologist at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Founder and Senior Meteorologist at Praedictix
Co-Host at WCCO-AM (Minneapolis, MN)
Meteorologist, serial entrepreneur, dreamer. Founder: “Praedictix” weather-tech in MSP. Author: “A Kid’s Guide to Saving the Planet”. Optimistic most days
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2 days ago |
startribune.com | Paul Douglas
By Paul Douglas "A nightmare is nothing more than a dream gone wrong" wrote American author Catherine Coulter. Meteorologists have nightmares, too. I have a recurring dream where I'm still doing the weather on TV. It's five minutes to air and I haven't prepared. No fancy graphics, no idea what the weather is doing. The camera comes to me and I start dancing (while pointing). Imagine "Riverdance," only with a crazy person.
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4 days ago |
startribune.com | Paul Douglas
By Paul Douglas "They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning," said Clint Eastwood. Yep. Thunderstorms provide most our rain during the summer growing season. Lightning is a natural nitrogen fertilizer for plants and crops, so there is an upside. But here's the thing. You can usually see a hurricane, tornado or flood coming. Lightning? Not so much. I love a good thunderstorm, but no one can predict exactly where lightning will strike.
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5 days ago |
startribune.com | Paul Douglas
By Paul Douglas "In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different," wrote American writer John Steinbeck in "The Winter of Our Discontent." Everything has been perfect. Except for the smelly pall of smoke snaking southward out of Canada into Minnesota. It kept skies gray much of the weekend, sparking fire engine red sunsets. Will this be another smoky sunset as northern blazes go unchecked? A flood or drought summer? Yes.
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6 days ago |
startribune.com | Paul Douglas
By Paul Douglas A TV viewer once sent me a "weather rock." A rock dangling on a string. If it's swaying, it's windy. If it's white, it's snowing. If it's wet, it's rainy. If you can't see the rock it's foggy (or smoky). A very helpful device for getting current weather right. Who needs AI? A knowledge of cloud types, barometric pressure trends and wind direction can result in a fairly accurate 3-6 hour forecast. Pilots and farmers can "read the sky" to plan the next few hours.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Paul Douglas
By Paul Douglas Yesterday I woke up and looked out my window, expecting to see a sunny day. Instead the sky was the color of cold, curdled oatmeal; a canopy of gray overhead. It was smoke from Canadian wildfires. You could taste it. Like licking an ashtray, which I don't recommend. Minnesota is directly downwind of massive wildfires that have forced more than 18,000 Canadians from their homes.
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100F yesterday in Hallock, Minnesota. Highs near 90F into Wednesday but models show a cooler, wetter pattern returns by late week. 15-day total rainfall predictions are impressive. In the meantime high risk of wildfires into midweek with Red Flag Warning for most of the state https://t.co/ekiLmttcFz
RT @benjovland: Storm chasers watch a possible funnel cloud near Minnesota Lake in Faribault County on a tornado-warned storm 30 minutes ag…
Big fat rotating supercell south of the metro, moving towards Wanamingo, Zumbrota and Goodhue, capable of dropping s tornado https://t.co/4dueW0hYJX
