To maintain secrecy, a large portion of the Allied fleet was squirreled far away in northern Scotland. Consequently, five ...

D-Day was successful because of the most important weather forecasts in history, finding a break in the otherwise stormy ...

Discover how wartime meteorologists helped shape the D-Day invasion. Their timely forecast changed the course of WWII and ...

The man tasked with delivering that all-important forecast was Group Captain Stagg, the chief meteorological adviser to ...

A ship reporting rising atmospheric pressure 600 miles west of Ireland helped forecasters see a window of opportunity to ...

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

The following was written last June 6, 2024 for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day.