Ernest B. Williams, Willow Run Airport Meteorologist, February 1948
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Ann Arbor News, March 25, 1948
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HE KNOWS IF IT WILL BE CLOUDY OR FAIR TOMORROW: Upon the shoulders of this man, Ernest B. Williams of Plymouth, rests the responsibility of charting and predicting the weather at the airport. Williams is the meteorologist in charge of the U. S. Weather Station there and heads a staff of seven persons who man the station 24 hours a day. He is pictured above on the roof of the terminal where he has just released a helium-filled balloon to test wind direction and velocity. The second after this picture was taken he ducked into the little shelter to the right to measure elevation and horizontal angle of balloon as it ascends. Later this information is compiled into wind direction and velocity at different levels aloft.
Ann Arbor News, March 25, 1948
Caption
HE KNOWS IF IT WILL BE CLOUDY OR FAIR TOMORROW: Upon the shoulders of this man, Ernest B. Williams of Plymouth, rests the responsibility of charting and predicting the weather at the airport. Williams is the meteorologist in charge of the U. S. Weather Station there and heads a staff of seven persons who man the station 24 hours a day. He is pictured above on the roof of the terminal where he has just released a helium-filled balloon to test wind direction and velocity. The second after this picture was taken he ducked into the little shelter to the right to measure elevation and horizontal angle of balloon as it ascends. Later this information is compiled into wind direction and velocity at different levels aloft.
Year
1948
Month
February
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