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It was amazing to be back out chasing the winter weather here in Central Minnesota last night. I still have not gone to bed or gotten any sleep, as I was waiting to see if Laura was going to school today or if it was called off because of a snow day. I’m about to get some sleep and then get back out there to cover the aftermath of this winter storm.

And yes, I’m actually posting again with current posts before I take a nap and get back to work this morning. We got 3.5 inches of snow here in Saint Cloud, MN, from this Winter Storm, but it could have been worse.

So where is the video??? Here is the video. I covered the winter storm and near-blizzard conditions up to Alexandria, MN, and then back down to Saint Cloud, MN.

I talked to the crew in the Twin Cities while I was getting hammered with the near whiteout conditions at times between Sauk Centre and Saint Cloud, and I was told they were only seeing rain.

I know a lot of people will be upset because it did not live up to some of the hype other media outlets have told their viewers. I try not to hype any of the weather and downplay it more than I hype it. If you follow my Twitter (I hate the name X) you will get the jokes https://x.com/WxPaparazzi

If the freezing line and the colder air had been a little different, where it was colder and sub 32°F or 0c° by noon in Saint Cloud, I think we would have had at least at 12+ inches of snow. So the Winter Storm Warning and the Blizzard Warnings out by “The Hump” of western Minnesota were totally valid in my opinion. If anyone is pissed they did not get dumped on with feet of snow, remember, it’s only November! We still have4-5 Months of Winter to deal with here in MinneSnowda…

Here is your ray of hope if you’re a storm chaser. We are just shy of a month away for Tornado Chasing season 2026.

Just make sure you wait until the light is green.

A fire consumed a home at 10th Avenue South and University Drive in the City of Saint Cloud, MN.

Reports from the scene indicate that all occupants made it out safely, but the home appears to be a total loss.

Multiple fire crews from surrounding cities provided mutual aid for this incident.

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Hey everyone, Doug here.

I’m still reviewing the 5 hours of footage from Saturday, but I wanted to share a short highlight time-lapse video of what my 9-year-old daughter, Laura, and I saw of the tornado outbreak near Clear Lake, SD, on June 28, 2025.

This was her first time accompanying me on a storm chase, and it was one of the first real chases I’ve been on this year, as I haven’t been able to chase much due to family obligations. She counted seven (7) different tornadoes touching down before sunset.

It is safe to say the next generation of storm chasers will be amazing.

She even outdid me on the “Fn Wedge” comment from the Quinter Kansas tornado I shot in 2008, with a brand-new tagline that will make all the veteran chasers nod and salute because “Oh Dude, It Destroyed It, It Just Destroyed It!!!!”

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As the severe weather season ramps up for later today, 4/17/2025, it looks like our first realistic chase day here in the upper Midwest.

I have only been able to get out to chase a few times over the past few months during winter, and even then, it was barely what it was compared to a few years ago.

There was a decent winter storm at the beginning of March, but the worst weather was further south in Iowa and Nebraska, which I was unable to attend that party.

Then we had the April Fool’s Day snowstorm, another wake-up call that winter was not over for us in Minnesota.

But the focus now is back to severe weather. I have been working on my drone skills in the weather to capture lightning from the sky. The footage below was something that I shot from the back yard when the high-based pop-up thunderstorm was about 10 miles away in Benton County. All of last year, I was busy working on a non-weather gig, so I need to get my focus back on what the universe wants me to do.

The forecast and the schedule have me chasing in extreme southwestern Minnesota for what looks to be a cold core setup. I wish I could make it down to the Omaha area, but unfortunately, that will have to wait for another chase. I have to be home later tonight since Laura does not have school on Friday. This weekend is Easter, so I will most definitely be home for Church on Sunday.

Until the next update. I plan on trying out the new live streaming setup so that I might be live later today.

After a year-long hiatus working on non-weather projects, metaphorically taking “The Red Pill,” and learning a lot about myself, 2025 is set to be an awakening.

So, where have I been? It is a long story, but I’m happy to say I have time to restart my old projects, such as this webpage, which has been down for almost six months because I never had time to work on it.

It is like that old joke about an auto mechanic, how many vehicles they own run, and how many vehicles they own that are dead because they are constantly working on everyone else’s vehicles and not their own personal vehicles.

For the last year, I have been working on other projects, which meant I was focusing my knowledge and experience on helping another company with their video and social media projects.

Now, I have the time to reboot, clean up past projects, and start the Aftermath project. Starting today, life as I know it is about to get even more amazing.

If you’re a casual follower of this website and have been wondering what I have been doing for the last several months, pretty much nothing. There is nothing to chase for winter weather in Central Minnesota.

This season is nonexistent, with a total snowfall here in Saint Cloud, MN; this winter, we’re at 11.0 inches from December until this weekend. That is less than a foot of snow when last winter, St. Cloud recorded a whopping 88.2 inches for the season, just edging out the old record of 87.9 inches from 1964-65, per the MN DNR.

We typically average about 24 inches at this point in the winter season, and the bulk of our moisture that helped us with the drought came as heavy rain over the Christmas holiday.

We can’t forget about the temperatures. As I write this under the full moon’s light, the outside air temp is 36 degrees F. The forecast for the next few days is for temperatures to be almost into the 60s, with a slight chance of snow later in the week.

The ground is not frozen, the trees are about to be budding, and our winter is just one that has everyone saying after last winter, we needed this.

So, what does all this mean for the upcoming spring season? Nothing. El Nino will continue to mess up all the forecasts and change the weather for the next several months, if not for the rest of the year, from our typical weather.