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Forecasting D-Day: The Weather Behind PRESSURE
In June 1944, the fate of World War II didn't just rest with a general. It rested with a meteorologist.
On the first episode of Atmosphere, meteorologist Emily Gracey digs into the science and human drama behind PRESSURE, the new film about the real weather forecasters who had to find a window for the Allied invasion of Normandy. No satellites. No radar. Everything on the line.
Weather historian Sean Potter breaks down what the atmosphere was actually doing that week, the fractured forecasting teams, and why Captain James Stagg's call remains one of the most consequential in the history of…
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