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/rain-turns-weatherjack-into-gearheadjack http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/rain-turns-weatherjack-into-gearheadjack#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:23:48 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=1949 Although I’ve focused on writing about meteorology and other atmospheric sciences since 1982, I’ve never passed up a chance to write about auto racing. An April 3, 2010 story on the BBC Web site from the Malaysian Formula One race, “McLaren & Ferrari rue rain errors,” gives me an opportunity to get into how not [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/rain-turns-weatherjack-into-gearheadjack/feed 0 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/teaching-the-science-of-weather http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/teaching-the-science-of-weather#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:28:21 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=1103 Many non-meteorologists, including otherwise well-informed adults, don’t realize that weather forecasting is a science. Meteorologists who visit schools with the message, “If you want to become a weather professional, study all of the math and science you can,” are sometimes asked, “why do I need to study science to be a broadcast meteorologist?” Their parents, [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/teaching-the-science-of-weather/feed 5