Another Check

January 26, 2011

4:23 PM

Detailed Weather: 

Wind - 

• It was slightly windy, enough for the blades of grass to sway, but not significant. 
• Beaufort Scale: 2
• Direction: South

Clouds - 

• a few cirrus clouds high in the sky, but the sky was pretty close to empty.  
• type: cirrus
• color: bright white

Temperature -

• Air: 29° Fahrenheit
• C = (29 - 32) x 5/9
• C = -3 x 5/9
• C = -3/1 x 5/9
• C = -15/9
• Temperature = -1.33333333333° Celsius

• Water:  The water was STILL frozen (after the snow)!  Because of my last experience I was safe and did not record a water depth or temperature.  

• Water temperature: NA
  Water Depth: NA

General Observations: 

Measurements - 

• Bur oak tree branch - I measured my branch and was interested to find it was only 116.5 centimeters.  I couldn't figure out why this was and then figured out that it must have been broken off.  Possibly by a human, or maybe because of harsh winds.  

• bur oak tree branch = 116.5 cm
• water depth: 32 centimeters (underneath the ice) 

Biota - 

• 2 bur oak trees...no other biota was visible because of the snow.  There were also no animals out for the winter. 

Differences from previous months - 

• Seasonal changes: 
• The pond has frozen again. It is completely frozen over because of a temperature drop.  It snowed again

• my bur oak tree "measuring branch" is longer--117.6 cm.  It grows more slowly in the wintertime. 
• My ecosystem did not undergo any major changes, because it was snowy and silent last time I visited.