Our Meeting

People (including myself) are obsessed with the weather. There is even a Weather Museum ! My group and I met today, to discuss and share our thoughts and findings. We shared the basic notion that knowing the weather of where our loved ones are located, can help us feel connected: Are they outside today? Are they shoveling snow? Etc. We also talked about how knowing the weather forecast can be a form of maturity. Allistar has a friend that is a mother, and knowing the the weather conditions helps her dress her child and herself appropriately. Another topic we discussed was having preconceived notions about an area. When ChoRong went to visit San Francisco, she did not pack long sleeves or a jacket because she was operating under the impression that California is always warm. However, when she got there, she really was cold and had to have a friend bring her fall/winter clothes. (In this instance, checking the weather was not a high priority.) Ben’s Mom checks the weather for natural disasters, and also because her husband travels a lot. My grandmother always checks the weather on the east coast, because she moved from the east coast to the west coast when I was little, and wants to reaffirm that she made the correct decision about moving. (The correct decision weather wise at least. ) I think a little part of her gets excited when I tell her that its freezing outside, while she is enjoying 70 degree weather. My sister checks the weather because she wants to know when to mow the lawn. (She lives in New Jersey, and if you’ve never been there before, grass grows amazingly fast.) Anyway, so she wants to see if there is rain in the forecast. And if so, she will plan around her yardwork duties.

user research

We interviewed our family members (Mom, Dad, Grandparents) to find why they look at weather. A few things in common we find is
- Parents tend to look at weather more often to prepare their children for different weather conditions.
- People living in areas that have typhoon, hurricanes, or snow storms tend to look at weather more often.
- Mandy’s grand mother looks at weather to remind her how miserable Jersey is and how fortunate she is to live in California right now.
- When traveling, people often look at weather of their destination to help them decide what to pack.
- Chorong’s photographer so he looks at weather to decide if he can get a good shoot or not.
- Parents often look up the weather conditions of cities where their children live at.