So, what season is it again?

As UT students finish up their fall semester, they find the campus grounds scattered with fallen leaves - a sign of the autumn season.

But in a day's time, one could not guess the season merely by looking at the attire of the majority of the student body who are caught up in the crossfire of summer and winter.  

Shorts and UGG boots? Or pea coats and scarves? Decisions, decisions.

"One week it can be 60 (or) 70 degrees, and we are wearing short sleeves and stuff, and the next week it will be rainy and 40," said Austin Haddock, a junior in history as he explains why he dislikes the inconsistent weather, "and it's hard to adapt to that."

However, Eleanor McDonough, senior in environmental studies, found a way to deal with it.

"I think the weather is pretty spastic, but you can prepare for it really easily by dressing (with) layers," she said.

Due to the inconsistent weather condition, students at UT are sometimes witnessing rather dramatic weather changes all in a day's time.

"Fall is during that transition period - that is why fall is one day to the next a lot different," said David Hotz, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Knoxville lies in a temperate climate zone, which leaves the changeover between summer and winter as coming off mild.

Though students are not dealing with extreme hot or cold weather, they are being subjected to rather unpredictable weather and dramatic changes.

These dramatic weather changes are also due to the dry weather of the area, Hotz said.

"The sun rapidly eats up the dry weather," Holtz said, "which explains the drastic change from morning to afternoon."

But though some students check the weather regularly, they are finding its accuracy a bit off.

McDonough said she checks the weather on her e-mail, however, it is usually wrong.