About the Author

JACK WILLIAMS is the founding editor of the USA Today weather page, an active member of the Capital Weather Gang in Washington, D.C., a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, a National Fellow of The Explorers Club, and the author or coauthor of seven books including National Geographic Field Guide to the Water's Edge and The AMS Weather Book. In 2014, the Washington Science Academy presented him with a Special Award for the Public Understanding of Science. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia.