<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5392×3592+0+0/resize/5392×3592!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2Fbf%2Fb59dbfc84f938cb6582410d33bf1%2Fp-23734-r.jpg" alt="Brendan Fraser plays Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Andrew Scott plays meteorologist James Stagg in the new film Pressure, about the tense lead-up to the D-Day invasion during World War II.”>
The new movie tells a story about how good meteorology can literally win wars. It also takes us back in time, to when the United States was at a disadvantage when it came to weather science.
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