Written by R. A. WATSON WATT and JOHN SALT
Produced by JOHN SALT
In the Bible, in Shakespeare, in German, French, and Italian proverb the weather is told by the sky. From earliest times man's interest has centred in foretelling the weather because his crops and even his life depend on it.
Men have seen how the wasps collect in the evening, and what sort of winter follows after ; how the flocks of cranes come early if the winter is to be early, too; how the dog scratches when rain is coming, and when a tempest is on the way how crabs run out of the sea. Insect and bird and beast were the first barometers.
In this imaginative feature programme, radio technique will not only show listeners a sort of saga of man's interest in the weather and his increasing skill at forecasting it, but will convey the average man's joy in the sunshine and depression in the rain..... But there are. those who, because of their callings, are conversely affected.... Man's cunning devised instruments of incredible accuracy, and made him so clever that today he can even manufacture the weather.
The weather up to date. Modern weather maps and weather forecasts that flash in code all over the world..... And, finally, a little interlude about some people who would glide, but have to be content with dancing because of the rain.
A gale warning..... But that will be followed up in another broadcast next week.