Forecasting the Hurricane Season

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 31, 2013

Hurricane season starts tomorrow. James Franklin, branch chief of the Hurricane Specialist Unit at the National Hurricane Center, talks about how meteorologists tracked Sandy last year and what lessons were learned from that storm.  Plus, as the National Hurricane Center prepares their forecast for this year's hurricane season, he explains how predictions are made, how they can get better, and why they'll never be perfect.

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