With thousands of lives on the line, there is no doubt that the weather forecast made for the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France during World War II was the most important of all-time and one of the most difficult as well given the lack of sophisticated forecasting tools that we enjoy in today’s world. The first satellite image was still nearly sixteen years away (TIROS on April 1, 1960) and reliable computer forecast models were still decades away. Friday, June 6th, marks the 81st anniversary of the D-Day invasion and the weather forecast for that historic event makes for quite an interesting story in what turned out to be a pivotal moment in world history. Years of detailed planning went into the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, but success hinged on one element that no military commander could control — the weather. Defying his colleagues, Captain James Martin Stagg advised General Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower to postpone the invasion of Normandy by one day from June 5th to June 6th because of uncertain weather conditions in a weather forecast that changed the course of World War II and altered world history.
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An unsettled stretch of weather is coming to the Mid-Atlantic region beginning later tomorrow and likely lasting into the middle of next week…
High pressure is positioned well out to sea today and two low pressure systems will approach the Mid-Atlantic region during the next couple of days. One low is riding up along the Southeast US coastline and the other will approach our area from the west. The result here will be clouds and limited sun for today and an increasing chance of showers from later tomorrow into Saturday. Other systems will keep it unsettled around here from later Sunday into the middle of next week with the threat of occasional showers and thunderstorms.
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Given a strong high pressure system positioned to our north and east, low-level winds from a south-to-southeasterly direction will continue to push warm and humid air into the region during each of the next few days. The pattern will be quite unsettled as well with a daily shot at scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.
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Mild and very unsettled conditions will continue here for the next couple of days with temperatures likely reaching the low-to-mid 70’s for afternoon highs. The chance for showers and thunderstorms will continue today and some of the storms that form can reach strong-to-severe levels. The chance of showers and storms will continue each of the next few days as well.
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An unsettled stretch of weather is coming to the Mid-Atlantic region beginning later tomorrow and likely lasting into the middle of next week…
High pressure is positioned well out to sea today and two low pressure systems will approach the Mid-Atlantic region during the next couple of days. One low is riding up along the Southeast US coastline and the other will approach our area from the west. The result here will be clouds and limited sun for today and an increasing chance of showers from later tomorrow into Saturday. Other systems will keep it unsettled around here from later Sunday into the middle of next week with the threat of occasional showers and thunderstorms.
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An unsettled stretch of weather is coming to the Mid-Atlantic region beginning later tomorrow and likely lasting into the middle of next week…
High pressure is positioned well out to sea today and two low pressure systems will approach the Mid-Atlantic region during the next couple of days. One low is riding up along the Southeast US coastline and the other will approach our area from the west. The result here will be clouds and limited sun for today and an increasing chance of showers from later tomorrow into Saturday. Other systems will keep it unsettled around here from later Sunday into the middle of next week with the threat of occasional showers and thunderstorms.
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Strong high pressure has shifted to a position off the east coast and the result will be an influx of summer-like air in the Mid-Atlantic region and temperatures climbing well up into the 80’s during the next few days. While there will be some sunshine in the near-term, it will be dimmed at times from haze being caused by Canadian wildfires up north and this will make for redder-than-normal sunrises and sunsets as well. The weather turns more unsettled for the late week and early part of the weekend with an approaching frontal system and an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms.
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Given a strong high pressure system positioned to our north and east, low-level winds from a southeasterly direction will continue to push warm and more humid air into the region during each of the next few days. The pattern will become unsettled as well with a daily shot at scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.
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A warming trend gets underway today with afternoon temperatures likely reaching the lower 70’s following the 50’s on Tuesday and there can be some PM shower and thunderstorm activity. The unsettled pattern will remain intact for the late week and weekend with a daily shot at scattered showers and thunderstorms.
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Strong high pressure has shifted to a position off the east coast and the result will be an influx of summer-like air in the Mid-Atlantic region and temperatures climbing well up into the 80’s during the next few days. While there will be some sunshine in the near-term, it will be dimmed at times from haze being caused by Canadian wildfires up north and this will make for redder-than-normal sunrises and sunsets as well. The weather turns more unsettled for the late week and early part of the weekend with an approaching frontal system and an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms.
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