In the weather world, you could say this was history’s most important forecast.
D-Day was one of the most important military campaigns in world history. What you might be surprised to know is the pivotal role meteorologists played in the invasion.The D-Day operation required a very specific set of conditions. It needed to take place shortly before dawn, on a rising tide, and preferably on a night with a full moon. Keeping those conditions in mind, there was only a shortlist of available dates, which included June 5-7.
However, on June 4, crucial information was received from an Irish weather station indicating a ridge of high pressure would be building, meaning calmer weather was on the way.So, in the early morning of June 5, Eisenhower met with his senior staff and decided it was time. If the invasion had been postponed again until the next available date, June 18, the results of the war could have been very different.
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