Tuesday, Febuary 28: And Now For Something Completely Different

The strain of beautiful days is over. It's still relatively warm outside, but it's overcast and dreary outside. It has been raining on and off all morning.

Sometimes I just wish that the clouds could all combine and pour all the rain down at one time so we wouldn't have to deal with this on and off all the time. Radars aren't helpful in these situations either...

I guess the fact that the spots are smaller and have separation between them is the sign of scattered showers?

And neither is my weather app, for that matter

I know we need rain, but I just want the sun to come back.

Saturday, February 25

The weather has gotten colder the past few days. I guess all that wind wasn't a good thing, no matter how good it felt. I'm assuming a cold front blew in, if cold fronts can actually be "blown" somewhere. I have always heard that phrase and just assumed that was what it meant, but now I seem to remember something about wind being the fronts moving and not the cause of the movement. Though, that may just be my memory playing tricks on me. I can't remember the last time I discussed weather in a science class anyway.

Despite the cold, Spring must be coming! The snowcone place close to campus reopened this weekend, and some friends and I were not about to let a little chilly weather keep us from our snacks!

I used my phone to check the radar and weather again. The sky remains clear and beautiful, which is fantastic because I have no idea where my umbrella is.

Clear skies! I love it!

The radar picture and the weather app match now! I guess I fixed it. 

I'm still curious about the reliability of this weather app. I didn't notice the cloudiness that it predicted in the hour-by-hour. Then again, I was in Tuscaloosa by 6:00 and the weather could have been different there.

 

I only saw a few clouds, not enough to justify the sad looking picture on the weather app. 

It would be interesting to ask my parents in Huntsville and my friends in Tuscaloosa to keep track of the weather as well. It always seems to be doing the same thing in Tuscaloosa as it is here. Huntsville is further away, so I guess it's understandable that the weather is sometimes different. I wonder how far weather types tend to span, but I assume it always varies. 

Thursday, Feb. 22

For Teaching Science and Health, I am required to keep a science journal in which I write about one or more natural events or objects on campus at least twice a week. Because the weather in Alabama has a habit of changing so frequently (and because weather also has a habit of influencing my mood), I have decided that the weather will be my topic for this journal--at least for a while.

Today (actually this entire week) it felt wonderful outside! I just wanted to lay out and enjoy the nice breeze. In fact, I ate lunch outside this afternoon. The only problem with the weather was the fact that the wind was blowing extremely hard and my napkins and hair were flying everywhere.

Today, at about 3:30 PM, I took these photos at the academic quad.

 

Beautiful sunshine on the quad!

Warm and partly cloudy, just enough to keep the sun out of my eyes.

The wind continued to blow, but it still felt like perfect weather to sit outside. I was curious what the temperature was, and then I realized that because I have a snazzy iPhone now, I can also post pictures of the weather forcast and radar for this area:

 

72! Such a relief from the winter-y weather we had this weekend.

 

Honestly, I just recently learned to read a radar. Looks great today! No rain in sight!

My radar and weather apps don't seem to agree on the temperature. I might have to look into that before my next entry.

Now, it is about 10:30 PM, it still feels nice outside, and the wind continues to blow (HARD!) through my window. 

I hope the weather will remain warm and wonderful, but this is Alabama. I won't hold my breath.