For decades aviators have had an uneasy relationship with the met man. It seems they had good reason.
Nobel prize winner Kenneth Arrow, who died earlier this week, served the USAF as a long-range weather forecaster from 1942 to 1946. His analytical mind soon discovered that the forecasts were no better than random guesses, but was rebuffed, being told that the commanding general was well aware that the forecasts were useless. However, Arrow was told, the general required them for planning purposes.