re: #34 Dr Lizardo

I’m just imaging some German wireless operator in Abteilung III b listening in, suddenly taking off his headphones and throwing down his pencil, throwing open the door to his office and shouting, “Someone, quickly, go wake up Hindenburg, Ludendorff and the Kaiser! I’ve found the key to defeating the Entente Powers!!”

Weather reporting was a pretty important thing.

The Germans were setting up weather stations in various obscure places with the Allies trying to find and remove them.

Weather in the Atlantic was important since storms or fronts could affect convoys, air raids, etc. Plus invasion planning was very dependent on weather conditions and thus the more information you had on wind, etc. out in the Atlantic and across the Atlantic the better.