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The storm that never was: Why the weatherman is often wrong

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Have you ever woken up to a sunny forecast only to get soaked on your way to the office? On days like that it's easy to blame the weatherman.

But BYU mechanical engineering professor Julie Crockett doesn’t get mad at meteorologists.

She understands something that very few people know: it’s not the weatherman’s fault he’s wrong so often.

Read the full article and see the video on the BYU website here: http://news.byu.edu/archive13-jan-weather.aspx

Read the CNN article here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/08/opinion/crockett-weather-forecasts/index.html?iref=allsearch

Read the article on the Deseret news here: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865571608/BYU-professor-studies-atmos...