The D-Day Forecast: From Synoptic Charts to the Silver Screen ⛅🎬
With the release of the major motion picture Pressure, Catherine Ross of the Met Office tells the true story of the critical D-Day weather forecast, and how teams from the Met Office, Royal Navy and US Air Force supported Eisenhower and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in one of the biggest decisions in history.
What to expect:
⛅ The forecast that changed history — How meteorologists forecast the narrow weather window for 6 June 1944, and the real “pressure” faced by the forecasting teams behind one of the most consequential decisions of the Second World War
🗂️ Inside the National Meteorological Archive — How the archive helps verify and retell the story with accuracy, from original synoptic charts to the records kept in the run-up to D-Day
🎬 From the charts to the silver screen — A timely talk timed to the launch of Pressure, exploring how one of history’s great weather stories made the leap from the archive to cinema — all welcome, free to attend