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-aircraft-altimeter-errors http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-aircraft-altimeter-errors#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:36:54 +0000 Jack Williams ©2011 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-balloons-and-airplanes http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-weather-balloons-and-airplanes#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:04:36 +0000 Jack Williams ©2011 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=1855 Q: Hi, I enjoyed “Rise Up” in the March 2010 AOPA Flight Training magazine.   I wonder about  the danger of those weather balloons and noted your  comments about there being “no danger” as it’s floating down under parachute. But really, hasn’t there ever been an incident or accident associated with one of these balloons [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/answers-weather-balloons-and-airplanes/feed 3 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 ©2011 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/jack-promotes-book-in-the-midwest http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/jack-promotes-book-in-the-midwest#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:15:05 +0000 Jack Williams ©2011 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=839 CHICAGO — Two Chicago television stations interviewed Jack Williams on July 28 about The AMS Weather Book. First, Tom Skilling interviewed Jack on his WGN TV  Midday News weather  show.  In his promo for the interview, Skilling said: “A terrific new book on the weather and climate has hit the nation’s book stands and we [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/jack-promotes-book-in-the-midwest/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