STORM SECRETS.
KEPT BY ALLIES
German Air Force Left Guessing.
STRATEGY IN WAR. British Wireless. (Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, December 22. Full advantage is being taken by the Allies of their better opportunities for weather forecasting, the true value of which is not always appreciated. Forecasting of weather conditions is always an important factor in military strategy, and 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. British meteorological authorities are able to use information gathered in North America, oil the west coast of Ireland, and sometimes in the Atlantic, as well as the results of observations in Britain and France. Most of these sources are no longer available to 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 foretell the weather over the British Isles. Weather news accordingly became a closely guarded secret 011 the outbreak of the war, and the Air Ministry ceased to issue the usual weather forecasts.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 9
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