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Show Air Corps Meteorologists Make an Ally of Weather Weather reports for the army are issued by the air forces. Observations Observa-tions are made for air and ground operations. A world-wide weather map is drawn at least once every day. Usually, four maps are prepared pre-pared daily, since the weather won't stay put, but has to be watched all the time. A howling blizzard over Hudson Bay may in a few days shut off bomber flights to England, and scatter a convoy over the North Atlantic. At-lantic. It is the forecaster's job to find out where the weather, which is "acting up" in one place, will be tomorrow or next week. Never before has weather been so thoroughly used as a weapon, says the National Geographic society. Some bomber flights are timed to be hidden by cloud banks. Blitzkriegs are planned to start when skies are fair and ground is dry. Planes are flown across oceans on routes where tail winds will give the planes the biggest boost. |
