Who can you trust for weather online?

Anyone can call themselves a meteorologist, especially online. Each year, more and more people are getting forecasts and weather news online from YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

Because of this, there has also been a growing number of digital meteorologists and others online providing weather information. But, how do we know who to trust?

Graduate research assistant in the Department of Climate, Meteorology, and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois, Eddie Wolff, and Director of Meteorology at Cup A Joe Weather and Drone, Joe Marucci discuss the merits of being a certified digital meteorologist and how to avoid misinformation.

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