http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com science writer and book author Fri, 11 May 2012 15:03:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/advance-orders-open-for-jacks-newest-book http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/advance-orders-open-for-jacks-newest-book#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:07:02 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2572 Jack has received copies of his latest book, the Field Guide to the Water’s Edge, which Amazon says it will begin  shipping on May 1, 2012. Jack is co-author with Stephen Leatherman, who is widely known as Dr. Beach for his annual 10 Best Beaches lists. Stephen’s day job is is the director of the Laboratory [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/advance-orders-open-for-jacks-newest-book/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-light-moderate-and-heavy-fog http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-light-moderate-and-heavy-fog#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:02:22 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2699 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-light-moderate-and-heavy-fog/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/life-in-extreme-environments http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/life-in-extreme-environments#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:19:14 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2633 The material below is from Chapter 24 of the Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Arctic and Antarctic ©by Jack Williams, 2003. It offers some background on the Feb. 7, 2012 announcement that the Russians had succeeded in drilling into Lake Vostok. The text has not been updated since it was originally written in 2003. Jack’s [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/life-in-extreme-environments/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/commentary-dont-let-facts-get-in-the-way http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/commentary-dont-let-facts-get-in-the-way#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:57:01 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2614 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/commentary-dont-let-facts-get-in-the-way/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/using-weather-to-teach-science http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/using-weather-to-teach-science#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:13:58 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2568 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/using-weather-to-teach-science/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/correction-to-july-2011-flight-training-story http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/correction-to-july-2011-flight-training-story#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:27:37 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2550 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/correction-to-july-2011-flight-training-story/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/photos-from-london-england http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/photos-from-london-england#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 02:30:51 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2533 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/photos-from-london-england/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-heating-cooling-degree-days http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-heating-cooling-degree-days#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 00:47:57 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2515 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-heating-cooling-degree-days/feed 2 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-hurricane-rainbands http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-hurricane-rainbands#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 22:05:13 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2504 Q: Cross-cut figures of hurricanes show a structure like a jelly roll turned on end and sliced through the middle.  Are these rings all connected in a continuous spiral or are they multiple rings? (I suspect they are continuous.) Also, how do they develop in the evolution of a hurricane? That is, why isn’t the hurricane [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-hurricane-rainbands/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/clearing-the-climate-change-fog http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/clearing-the-climate-change-fog#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:11:50 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2453 Until I watched the preview DVD of “Earth: The Operators’ Manual” a couple of weeks ago, I had never viewed a television program about climate change that I particularly liked. PBS stations began airing the show on April 10–with some showing it a few days later. More information on the show and when it’s scheduled to [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/clearing-the-climate-change-fog/feed 0