Weather prediction will always have a worthy adversary

Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures.

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Everyone knew an attack was imminent. But exactly when depended on the weather.

In early June of 1944, Nazi meteorologists predicted the weather off the French coast would persistently bring gale force winds and rough seas — thwarting an Allied invasion of Hitler’s “Fortress Europe.” But the Allies, seeking to penetrate the Greater German Reich, had a better prediction. They forecast a narrow window of calm conditions on June 6, using hand-drawn maps and sparse observations of stormy weather in the region. And so it was. General Dwight D. Eisenhower famously ordered the June 6 D-Day invasion to eliminate “Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe.” With horrid sacrifice and bloodshed Read more...

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