Originally Posted by
langleybaston
Met., like aviation, was in its infancy in 1940.
I am no met expert. Far from it.
But it made a deep impression on me when I read many years ago about Gp Capt James Stagg's team during the run up to D-Day, and in particular the last minute (4th June a.m.) recommendation to postpone and then prepare for a narrow weather window for the 6th June.
When thinking about D-Day since, I've often pondered about the high pressure (sorry) they must have been under and the relief they must have felt when first the bad weather on the 5th and then the window on the 6th duly appeared.
The Weather Forecast That Saved D-Day - History in the Headlines