ALLIED ADVANTAGE
REPORTS ON WEATHER NOW CLOSE SECRET (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 11.30 a.m. RUGBY, Dec. 22. Full advantage is being taken by the Allies of their better opportunities for weather forecasting, the true value of which was not always appreciated. The forecasting of weather conditions is always an important factor in military strategy. It has assumed immensely greater significance in modern air warfare. The Allies’ advantage arises from the fact that the prevailing winds come from the west. The British meteorological authorities are able to use information gathered in North America, on the west coast of Ireland and sometimes in the Atlantic, as well as results of observations in Britain and France.
Most of these sources are no longer available to the German meteorologists and in consequence the Allied commands know much more about the forthcoming weather conditions over Germany than the Germans themselves, while the German air force cannot generally fortell the weather over the British Isles.
Weather news, accordingly, became a closely-guarded secret on the outbreak of war and the Air Ministry ceased to issue the usual weather forecasts.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 5
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