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Forecasting D-Day
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The D-Day planners said that everything would depended the weather. They needed 'a quiet day with not more than moderate winds and seas and not too much cloud for the airmen, to be followed by three more quiet days'. But who would make the forecast? The Meteorological Office? The US Air Force? The Royal Navy? In the event, it was all three. In this diary piece published in 1994, Lawrence Hogben, a New Zealand-born meteorologist and Royal Navy officer, describes the way this forecasting by committee worked, and why they very almost chose the wrong day.
Read by Stephen Dillane
Find the article and further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/ddaypod
Watch the short film based on this piece: https://lrb.me/ddayyt
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Manage episode 422080804 series 1347853
The D-Day planners said that everything would depended the weather. They needed 'a quiet day with not more than moderate winds and seas and not too much cloud for the airmen, to be followed by three more quiet days'. But who would make the forecast? The Meteorological Office? The US Air Force? The Royal Navy? In the event, it was all three. In this diary piece published in 1994, Lawrence Hogben, a New Zealand-born meteorologist and Royal Navy officer, describes the way this forecasting by committee worked, and why they very almost chose the wrong day.
Read by Stephen Dillane
Find the article and further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/ddaypod
Watch the short film based on this piece: https://lrb.me/ddayyt
Sponsored links:
Learn more about Serious Readers: www.seriousreaders.com/lrb
Sign up to the LRB's Close Readings subscription:
In Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPq
In other podcast apps: lrb.me/closereadings
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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