http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com science writer and book author Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:18:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc 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 ©2011 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 ©2011 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/pilot-answers-upper-air-data-and-forecasts http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/pilot-answers-upper-air-data-and-forecasts#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:29:35 +0000 Jack Williams ©2011 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=1995 Q: I use RUC soundings for flight planning, but I am befuddled by the following: When I enter a station, load the Op40 soundings, and hover with my mouse over the loaded graph I see  bold numbers on the far-left near the Pressure (mb) line, and light numbers appear directly underneath my cursor with a [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/pilot-answers-upper-air-data-and-forecasts/feed 3 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/arctic-blast-science-stories-missing-in-action http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/arctic-blast-science-stories-missing-in-action#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:51:34 +0000 Jack Williams ©2011 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=1685 The New Year has brought us a blizzard of stories about frigid temperatures and snow storms, but I’ve been unable to find any stories that closely examine what’s going on. I had been wondering whether I just hadn’t looked hard enough until I read the Jan. 6 Knight Science Journalism Tracker blog and saw that [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/arctic-blast-science-stories-missing-in-action/feed 4 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/an-ozone-challenge-to-science-writers http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/an-ozone-challenge-to-science-writers#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:34:20 +0000 Jack Williams ©2011 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=963 NOAA’s announcement on August 28, 2009 that nitrous oxide is replacing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as the most abundant ozone-depleting substance emitted by human activities offers a big challenge to science writers. Making sense of ozone and the substances that deplete it is always difficult because the atmospheric chemistry involved is complex. This story is a continuation [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/an-ozone-challenge-to-science-writers/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/aviation-contributes-to-better-forecasts http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/aviation-contributes-to-better-forecasts#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:47:12 +0000 Jack Williams ©2011 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=833 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/aviation-contributes-to-better-forecasts/feed 1