http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com science writer and book author Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:51:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc 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/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/washington-post-upgrades-web-weather http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/washington-post-upgrades-web-weather#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:01:12 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2302 The Washington Post is jumping headfirst into using weather to attract readers; something television stations have been doing since the 1960s but that newspapers have mostly ignored. In his Dec. 10 Sunday column Andrew Alexander, the Post’s Ombudsman,  said: “Many readers have called or e-mailed asking what’s behind the expanded [online weather section]. The answer: opportunity, [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/washington-post-upgrades-web-weather/feed 2 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-supercooled-water http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-supercooled-water#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:42:14 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2255 Q: How can water that is below 32 degrees F (zero degrees C) remain in liquid form and not freeze? That is, become “supercooled”? Matt, LaGrange, Ga. A: The best way to begin understanding how supercooled liquid water forms is to forgot what you’ve been told about water “freezing at 32 degrees F.” This is [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-supercooled-water/feed 8 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-aircraft-altimeter-errors http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-aircraft-altimeter-errors#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:36:54 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2205 Q: Can you help me understand in very simple terms altimeter error when flying from high to low pressure areas and from low to high areas?  I am studying it but its just not clicking.—Mark, Noblesville, Ind. A: To answer  your question I’ll begin with some basic information about aircraft altimeters and then use the [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-aircraft-altimeter-errors/feed 14 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/help-on-reporting-on-gulf-storm-threat http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/help-on-reporting-on-gulf-storm-threat#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:10:00 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2145 With Hurricane Alex no longer a threat to the people and vessels working to stop and clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, reporters, newscasters, editors, and other news people can take a breather and think about ways to improve coverage when the next hurricane moves into  the Gulf of Mexico. One of the [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/help-on-reporting-on-gulf-storm-threat/feed 3 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-arizona-tornadoes http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-arizona-tornadoes#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:47:00 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2103 Q: Do tornadoes occur in south-west Arizona, including in the Yuma area? Chris,  Yuma, Ariz. A: A few tornadoes have occurred in Yuma County in the past, which means that they can  occur in the future. Nevertheless, the record shows they are rare and usually weak. If  you go to the National Climatic Data Center’s [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-arizona-tornadoes/feed 3 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/questions-about-the-oil-spill-and-hurricanes http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/questions-about-the-oil-spill-and-hurricanes#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 19:49:45 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2034 If someone were still paying me to write about weather and science, here are some of the questions I’d ask about a possible Gulf of Mexico hurricane and and the huge oil spill. A story with the answers to even one or two of my questions would help answer some questions that I’m sure many [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/questions-about-the-oil-spill-and-hurricanes/feed 2 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-ams-weather-book-supplementary-texts http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-ams-weather-book-supplementary-texts#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 16:03:26 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2021 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-ams-weather-book-supplementary-texts/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/when-seasons-begin-revistited http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/when-seasons-begin-revistited#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:06:51 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=1933 Q: Hello Jack. I was wondering if anyone ever turned in an answer on your “official seasons” proposal from last summer. I am doing my senior research project on the seasons, and would like to know what you found out. Thank you for your time. Justin, Redwood Falls, MN A: The question refers to an [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/when-seasons-begin-revistited/feed 1