October 25, 2014

Reno, Nevada has bipolar weather! It can be a sunny day while it's snowing or a cloudy day with the temperature over 105 degrees. Those of us who live in Reno know this from experience. I decided to talk about this because as I observed the weather this week I came upon a perfect example.

It was Saturday (October, 25) and I woke up at 8:00 a.m. to a pleasantly good day. The temperature was around 85 degrees, to me that’s regular Saturday temperature. As I walked outside I could feel the heat of the sun bearing down on me, and as I looked up the sky was clear as can be. So I thought to myself it’s a perfect day like any other.

                                    

As my Perfect day went on I noticed the sky started to darken at about 11:00 a.m. and clouds were suddenly appearing. The more the day went on the worse the sky got and the temperature was also dropping rapidly. It dropped to about 65 degrees, which is a huge drop from 85 degrees.

                                                

 At 11:30 a.m. it started to pour rain for about 12 minutes. During that time you could hear the soothing noise of rainfall and feel the weight of the humidity in the cold air against your skin. Just as fast as it started, it ended and the day goes on like nothing happened.

October 14, 2014

I woke up at about six in the morning today to get ready for another day of school. As I walked to school I noticed it was a bit more cold than other days but I didn't think much of it because usually it always gets hotter as the day goes on. It turns out I was right about it getting hotter, as I was walking towards the school cafeteria. I noticed the temperature changed dramatically since the morning and the sky was clear as can be. So I thought it was going to be a normal day like any other, but I have never been more wrong. When I got home from school at about three in the afternoon the sky wasn't clear anymore.

 Big dark clouds surrounded me from above.The smell of rain was present, and there were small gusts of wind blowing against me. At first I was happy it was going to rain because Reno, Nevada isn't known for rain and we have been in need of water for a long time because it hasn't snowed like it should of for the past two years. Again I was proven wrong when I woke up the next morning and found out it didn't rain. What we did get was a lot of wind, I realized this as I was going to sleep. I heard the wind crashing into the side of my house, the leafs on the trees outside being pushed around ferociously, and my house windows vibrating slightly as each gust of wind tried to get inside.

October 3,2014

First of all I would like to explain why I chose to observe the weather for our Knowledge Collides With Art Project. I chose weather because it always changes and is constantly interesting to observe. Another reason I chose the weather is that I could use all of my senses; smell, sight, touch, hearing, and taste. The reason I said could is because you can't always taste the weather unless it rains or snows and you can't necessarily smell weather unless it's humid.

I live in Reno, Nevada, very close to the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. If you live in Nevada you know we live in a desert. Today I sat outside in my backyard and used most of my senses to observe the weather. I started to observe the weather at about six p.m. for about 5 minutes. In those five minutes I noticed that there was very little wind. The only way you can feel the wind is if you pause and just notice the wind merely brushing on your skin. As the wind lightly passed by I looked up at the sky and there was no sign of any clouds. Finally, I looked up the forecast for today and the temperature was 75 degrees, that's no surprise knowing fall has already started.