Paul Douglas

Douglas Paul Kruhoeffer (born June 12, 1958) , known professionally as Paul Douglas , is an American meteorologist, author, and entrepreneur.

Early life and education

Douglas Kruhoeffer was raised in Pennsylvania. His hometown is Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Career Broadcasting and journalism While a senior in college, he began broadcasting the weekend weather reports for WNEP-TV in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and then after he graduated, he moved to weekdays. and Conservation Minnesota partnered with him to create MNWeatherCenter, a hub for Minnesota weather.

In 2010, the Star Tribune rehired him as a weather blogger.

Businessman Douglas leads a number of companies that he founded or co-founded, including WeatherNation (as CEO), Broadcast Weather (as CEO) and Smart Energy (as President). In 2007, he co-founded SingularLogic LLC, a patent holding company, and he founded Broadcast Weather and NoozMe LLC, which hoped to capitalize on SingularLogic's patents.

He founded EarthWatch Communications in 1990, which created weather visualizations for the feature films Jurassic Park and Twister.

Author, educator and speaker Douglas regularly writes and speaks about global warming and is critical of those who say that it is not occurring or is not caused by human actions.

Douglas has authored two books, Prairie Skies: The Minnesota Weather Book (1992, ) and Restless Skies (2004, ).

He has taught broadcast meteorology courses at Saint Cloud State University.