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As a "sideline," Louis plots the course of ships around the world.
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Looks complicated, but it's easy to understand as weatherman Louis illustrates with "woodles."
IN THE LAND of television, five years makes you a "veteran, ten years, an "oldtimer." But few in the realm of cameras and kilocycles can top Louis Allen — who made his video debut in 1928! Washington's weatherman played a clarinet solo while an electronics expert televised him via an experimental "shadowgraph process. Louis scored another "first" in 1949 when he pioneered in color television and delivered his summaries and forecasts with tinted paper and inks. ... To this seniority, Louis adds a flair for showmanship and an expert knowledge of the vagaries of the weather gained at five institutions of higher learning. He is now seen forecasting the weather on WMAL-TV, daily at 6:55 P.M. and daily and Sunday at 11: 10 P.M. He's heard on WMAL Radio, daily at 5:05 and 6:15 P.M. . . . Despite his degrees, Louis is never the pedantic professor. His terms are familiar and he follows the example of the successful country preacher who advised: "You first tell them what you're going to tell them, then you tell them, then you tell them what you've told them." To simplify weather news, Louis developed a cartoon presentation or "weather doodle," familiarly known as the "woodle." Louis recalls only one irate letter, this from a man who polished his car on ^ the basis of Louis' weather prediction. It rained. . . . Louis' showmanship stems from his University of Maryland days. As clarinetist and saxophonist, he led a seven-piece band, "Luke Allen's Alaskans." Louis, who still relaxes with music, began his weather career more than fifteen years ago as an airline meteorologist. For his work with the Navy during and after World War II, he's being considered for a Distinguished Service Award. . . . And this rain-or-shine man has one of the most unusual sidelines of any performer. When not delivering his twenty-one weekly forecasts, he's president of Louis Allen Associates. Together with six other maritime and meteorological experts, he plots the course of ships to and from ports throughout the world — using science rather than age-old sea routes. It's a unique theory of shipping. But then Louis Allen is unique. One of the few professional meteorologists in American television and the only professional forecaster on Washington TV, he's one of those rare people who don't just talk about the weather. He does something!