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We’ll Weather the Weather Whatever the Weather Whether We Like It Or Not Or Will We? The D-Day Invasion: June 6, 1944

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We’ll Weather the Weather Whatever the Weather

Whether We Like It Or Not

Or Will We?

The D-Day Invasion: June 6, 1944

Where to Invade?

http://www.bing.com/refference/semhtml/Nazi_Germany

Where to Invade?

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Assignment Overview: Role

You have been appointed

As a Meteorologist for the Allied Central Command.

Group Captain J. M StaggBritish Meteorologist

Assignment Overview: Responsibilities

You are charged with the job of advising General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, on the weather conditions in the European Theatre.

Your present responsibility is to be trained as a meteorologist and then assess the risk posed by the weather if an invasion of Europe is to be attempted.

Factors to Consider

•phases of the moon•pressure systems• tides•winds•clouds•visibility

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Phases of the Moon

• 8 distinct phases• New• Waxing Crescent• First Quarter• Waning Gibbous• Full• Waning Gibbous• Third Quarter• Waning Crescent

Pressure SystemsHigh Pressure

• rotate clockwise in Northern Hemisphere

• rotate counter clockwise in Southern Hemisphere

• dry air• clear skies• warm fronts• little, if any, precipitation

Low Pressure• rotate counterclockwise in the

Northern Hemisphere• rotate clockwise in the

Southern Hemisphere • cold fronts• storms

Tides

Winds

Strong Winds• associated with cold

fronts and high pressure gradients

Calm Winds• associated with areas

of high pressure and calm atmosphere (no fronts)

Clouds

Visibility

• In meteorology, visibility is a measure of the distance at which an object or light can be clearly discerned.

• It is reported in meters or statute miles depending upon the country.

Working on D-Day Weather Chart

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/anniversary/dday.html

D-Day Weather Chart

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/anniversary/dday.html

Invasion Photohttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?pp/ils:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3c11201)):displayType=1:m856sd=cph:m856sf

=3c11201,

Eisenhower Talking to Troops

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/presp:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3a26521)):displayType=1:m856sd=cph:m856s

f=3a26521