▁Reich ▁persu aded ▁the ▁Navy ▁to ▁assign ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁school ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁improve ▁his ▁skills ▁in ▁using ▁air ▁mass ▁and ▁front al ▁movements ▁in ▁forec ast ing . ▁Buck ing ▁conserv ative ▁meteor olog ists , ▁he ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁analyz ing ▁data ▁using ▁the ▁new ▁principles ▁and ▁influen cing ▁other ▁meteor olog ists ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁paper , ▁Report ▁of ▁Norwegian ▁Method s ▁of ▁We ather ▁Analysis , ▁which ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁Navy ▁meteor ological ▁officers ▁and ▁other ▁progress ive ▁meteor olog ists . ▁ ▁Following ▁this ▁assignment , ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁tour ▁of ▁duty ▁at ▁sea ▁on ▁the ▁batt les hip ▁Oklahoma , ▁then ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁Navy ▁dirig ible ▁service , ▁and ▁finally ▁to ▁sea ▁as ▁executive ▁officer ▁of ▁the ▁batt les hip ▁Ut ah . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁Will is ▁Gre gg , ▁then ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁We ather ▁Bureau , ▁died ▁suddenly ▁from ▁a ▁heart ▁attack . ▁Although ▁the ▁Navy ▁Department ▁did ▁not ▁control ▁the ▁We ather ▁Bureau , ▁it ▁believed ▁improved ▁forec ast ing ▁would ▁impact ▁the ▁safety ▁and ▁effect iveness ▁of ▁av iation , ▁which , ▁in ▁turn , ▁would ▁be ▁of ▁major ▁importance ▁if ▁the ▁U . S . ▁were ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁war . ▁ ▁Reich ' s ▁strong ▁background ▁in ▁av iation , ▁adv ancement ▁as ▁a ▁Naval ▁officer , ▁and ▁established ▁background ▁as ▁a ▁forward ▁thinking , ▁scientific , ▁av iation ▁meteor ologist ▁combined ▁to ▁make ▁him ▁a