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Film “Pressure” Uses Enigma Data to Predict D-Day Weather

9/9/2026

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Andrew Scott portrays Group Captain James Stagg in Pressure, dramatizing the D-Day forecast.
Pressure opens in UK and Ireland cinemas on 9 September 2026.
Ed Hawkins notes three forecast teams gave predictions, and Stagg reconciled them for 160,000 Allied troops.
Catherine Ross says the film used June 1944 weather charts and Enigma-decoded data.
Ross adds a consensus formed on the evening of 4 June opened a window for the 6 June invasion.

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Story summary

Andrew Scott portrays Group Captain James Stagg in Pressure, dramatizing the D-Day forecast.
Pressure opens in UK and Ireland cinemas on 9 September 2026.
Ed Hawkins notes three forecast teams gave predictions, and Stagg reconciled them for 160,000 Allied troops.
Catherine Ross says the film used June 1944 weather charts and Enigma-decoded data.
Ross adds a consensus formed on the evening of 4 June opened a window for the 6 June invasion.