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Dr. Williams has been associated with the University
of South Alabama since March 1967. During that time
he has taught courses in regional and physical geography,
meteorology, and climatology. In addition, he has taught
coastal climatology at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and
summer geography courses at the University of West Florida.
In 1987, after serving for five years as General Manager
of Capitol Weather Service in Mobile and a Lecturer
at USA, Dr. Williams proposed and developed USA's Coastal
Weather Research Center, which officially began operation
on January 1, 1988. Dr. Williams returned as an Associate
Professor and became the Director of the Weather Center,
the only full-service weather forecasting operation
in the nation located on a university campus. In 1991,
he started the first undergraduate program in meteorology
in Alabama. Working closely with AFROTC, the curriculum
was designed to meet the requirements of the Air Force
and the National Weather Service. Dr. Williams has served
as Meteorology Coordinator developing the program and
recruiting students.
Dr.
Williams was Chief Meteorologist for WKSJ and WNTM in
Mobile. On January 29, 1979 he started with WKSJ and
for 20 years provided daily reports to Gulf Coast residents
through heat and cold waves, floods, drought, and memorable
events such as Frederic, Elena, and Danny.
In
June 1999, Dr. Williams became a severe weather analyst
for WKRG-TV in Mobile and a member of the WKRG First
Alert Storm Team.
Dr. Williams returned to radio in 2002 and continues to serve as Chief Meteorologist for Mobile radio stations WNSP-FM and WZEW-FM.
Prior
to his appointment at the University of South Alabama
in 1967, Dr. Williams worked for the U.S. Weather Bureau
at La Guardia Airport and the International Aviation
Forecasting Unit at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York
City.
Dr.
Williams has published in the areas of radar and satellite
climatology and the climatology of tropical environments.
He is also publisher of the Mobile Weather and Marine
Almanac.
In 2004, Dr. Williams narrated and wrote the script for the DVD entitled “Hurricane Ivan: A Portrait from Earth and Space”. The following year he narrated and wrote the script for second DVD called “Hurricane Katrina: America’s Costliest Storm.”
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