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/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/answers-weather-radar http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-weather-radar#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:10:14 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=1438 Q: I have been reading your column in AOPA Flight Training magazine for several years and I wanted to let you know you have inspired me to become very interested in the weather and especially how it effects my flying. My question is about where I can find the raw SD radar weather reports.  I [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-weather-radar/feed 2 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-extratropical-cyclone-winds http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-extratropical-cyclone-winds#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:31:45 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=1199 Q: My question is about your article in the November  AOPA Flight Training magazine on tropical cyclones.  I’m trying to reconcile two potentially different ideas: first, that a cyclone has swirling air (which I assume to mean the the air masses are rotating around the Low), and second, that the warm front and cold front [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-extratropical-cyclone-winds/feed 1