5.0.8

Adaptive week ahead

assets/js/app.js

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { ConfigPanel } from './components/ConfigPanel.js';
 import { WelcomeModal } from './components/WelcomeModal.js';
 import { RestoreModal } from './components/RestoreModal.js';
 import { buildColumnDefs, airTempRgb, petAirTempRgb } from './tableColumns.js';
-import { computeWhyFeelsLike, computeGlanceSummary, computeBestDay, bestDaysLabel } from './compute.js';
+import { computeWhyFeelsLike, computeGlanceSummary, computeBestDay, bestDaysLabel, bestDaysHint } from './compute.js';
 import { solarElevationDeg } from './physics.js';
 import { exportDayXls } from './export.js';
 
@@ -534,7 +534,9 @@ export function UTCIForecast() {
   );
   // Week-scoped, so it is kept out of the day-scoped "At a glance" panel and
   // rendered in its own "The Week Ahead" box beneath it.
-  const weekAhead = computeBestDay(days, nowLocalISO);
+  // Scored on the profile's own main field, so the panel answers "when should
+  // I drive / when is the house bearable", not always "when is it nice out".
+  const weekAhead = computeBestDay(days, nowLocalISO, activeProfile, outdoorsVariant);
 
   // Human-readable date for the "Day at a glance" heading, e.g. "Mon 2nd June 2026".
   const glanceDate = (() => {
@@ -1619,7 +1621,7 @@ export function UTCIForecast() {
                         <span class="insight-label">${titleCaseText(label)}</span>
                         <span class="insight-value">${titleCaseText(value)}</span>
                         ${score != null && html`
-                          <span class="week-score" title=${`${score}% of an ideal day out — longer comfortable stretches and temperatures nearer 20 °C score higher`}>
+                          <span class="week-score" title=${bestDaysHint(activeProfile, outdoorsVariant, score)}>
                             <span class="week-score__track">
                               <span class="week-score__fill" style=${`width:${score}%;background:${scoreFillColor(score)}`}></span>
                             </span>

assets/js/compute.js

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   calcIndoorTempPass, calcManagedIndoorTempPass, calcShadeAirTemp, calcShadeFeltTemp,
   calcFurSurfaceTempPass,
 } from './physics.js';
-import { windCompass8, uvSplit, cloudCategory, precipPenalty, sunburnMinutes, burnLabel, FUR_COLORS, UTCI_BANDS } from './utils.js';
+import { windCompass8, uvSplit, cloudCategory, precipPenalty, sunburnMinutes, burnLabel, FUR_COLORS, UTCI_BANDS, PET_BANDS } from './utils.js';
 import { UTCI_ENVIRONMENTS, CROP_CALENDAR, deriveProfileMain } from './config.js';
 
 export function buildHourlyRows({ forecast, airQuality, location, vehicleType, vehicleVent, vehicleSpeed, buildingType, furColor, utciEnv }) {
@@ -1005,6 +1005,16 @@ function bestRun(arr, pred) {
 const PICK_MIN_HOURS = 3;   // shorter than this isn't worth naming a day for
 const PICK_MAX_DAYS  = 4;   // beyond this the shortlist stops being a shortlist
 
+// Said when no day qualifies, phrased for what was actually being judged -
+// "no settled outdoor windows" is meaningless when the panel was reading a
+// car cabin.
+const EMPTY_VALUE = {
+  utciAdj:     'no settled outdoor windows',
+  vehicleT:    'no comfortable cabin windows',
+  indoorT:     'no comfortable indoor windows',
+  furSurfaceT: 'no safe windows for a pet outside',
+};
+
 // ── The four bands ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Each is [ideal, limit]: at the ideal end an hour scores full marks on that
 // measure, at the limit it scores zero, and past the limit the hour is not a
@@ -1020,13 +1030,18 @@ const PICK_MAX_DAYS  = 4;   // beyond this the shortlist stops being a shortlist
 // Read off UTCI_BANDS rather than written as numbers, so the panel and the
 // table's colour bands can never drift apart: today that is a 19-27 plateau
 // ramping out to 15 and 32.
-const bandMax = (label) => UTCI_BANDS.find(b => b.label === label).max;
+const bandMax = (bands, label) => bands.find(b => b.label === label).max;
-const SUNSOAK = {
+const plateau = (bands) => ({
-  min:     bandMax('Chilly'),      // bottom of Cool  - score 0
+  min:     bandMax(bands, 'Chilly'),      // bottom of Cool  - score 0
-  flatLo:  bandMax('Cool'),        // bottom of Comfortable - score 1
+  flatLo:  bandMax(bands, 'Cool'),        // bottom of Comfortable - score 1
-  flatHi:  bandMax('Warm'),        // top of Warm     - score 1
+  flatHi:  bandMax(bands, 'Warm'),        // top of Warm     - score 1
-  max:     bandMax('Caution'),     // top of Caution  - score 0
+  max:     bandMax(bands, 'Caution'),     // top of Caution  - score 0
-};
+});
+const SUNSOAK = plateau(UTCI_BANDS);
+// Pets are judged on fur-surface temperature, which is coloured off PET_BANDS
+// in the table - reading the plateau off the same array keeps the panel and
+// the cell colours in step there too.
+const PET_PLATEAU = plateau(PET_BANDS);
 const BAND_GUST    = { ideal: 15, limit: 25 };   // mph
 const BAND_RAIN    = { ideal: 0,  limit: 25 };   // % chance
 const BAND_SOIL    = { ideal: 0.10, limit: 0.25 }; // m3/m3 - dry ground to soggy
@@ -1039,44 +1054,84 @@ function bandScore(v, { ideal, limit }) {
   return Math.max(0, Math.min(1, f));
 }
 
-function sunsoakScore(v) {
+function plateauScore(v, pl) {
   if (v == null) return null;
-  if (v >= SUNSOAK.flatLo && v <= SUNSOAK.flatHi) return 1;
+  if (v >= pl.flatLo && v <= pl.flatHi) return 1;
-  const f = v < SUNSOAK.flatLo
+  const f = v < pl.flatLo
-    ? (v - SUNSOAK.min) / (SUNSOAK.flatLo - SUNSOAK.min)
+    ? (v - pl.min) / (pl.flatLo - pl.min)
-    : (SUNSOAK.max - v) / (SUNSOAK.max - SUNSOAK.flatHi);
+    : (pl.max - v) / (pl.max - pl.flatHi);
   return Math.max(0, Math.min(1, f));
 }
 
-function comfortableHour(r) {
+// ── What "a good window" means for the active profile ────────────────────
-  if (!(r.elev > 0)) return false;                          // daylight only
+// The panel used to answer one question - "would I enjoy standing outside"
-  if (r.utciAdj == null) return false;
+// - whatever profile was selected, which made it useless to the very users
-  if (r.utciAdj < SUNSOAK.min || r.utciAdj > SUNSOAK.max) return false;
+// who had told the app what they were doing. It now scores the SAME field the
-  if ((r.precipProb ?? 0) > BAND_RAIN.limit) return false;
+// rest of the app is built around for that profile (the day tabs, the dial,
-  if ((r.gust ?? r.va ?? 0) * 2.237 > BAND_GUST.limit) return false;
+// the main table column), so "the week ahead" answers the question the
+// profile implies: when to drive, when the house is bearable, when to walk
+// the dog.
+//
+//   thermal - weight on the profile's main temperature field
+//   rain / gust / soil - the outdoor nuisances, only where they can matter
+//
+// Driving keeps rain and gust (both are what makes a journey unpleasant or
+// unsafe) and drops soil, which says nothing about a road. Indoors drops all
+// three: rain on the roof does not change whether the bedroom is sleepable.
+// Daylight-only is likewise a solar concern - a cool cabin at 6am is a real
+// answer to "when should I drive", so vehicle and indoor windows run around
+// the clock.
+function bestDayCriteria(profile, variant) {
+  const { mainField } = deriveProfileMain(profile, variant);
+  switch (mainField) {
+    case 'vehicleT':
+      return { field: 'vehicleT', pl: SUNSOAK, daylightOnly: false,
+               w: { thermal: 0.55, rain: 0.25, gust: 0.20, soil: 0 } };
+    case 'indoorT':
+      return { field: 'indoorT', pl: SUNSOAK, daylightOnly: false,
+               w: { thermal: 1, rain: 0, gust: 0, soil: 0 } };
+    case 'furSurfaceT':
+      return { field: 'furSurfaceT', pl: PET_PLATEAU, daylightOnly: true,
+               w: { thermal: 0.55, rain: 0.30, gust: 0.15, soil: 0 } };
+    default:
+      return { field: 'utciAdj', pl: SUNSOAK, daylightOnly: true,
+               w: { thermal: 0.40, rain: 0.25, gust: 0.20, soil: 0.15 } };
+  }
+}
+
+function comfortableHour(r, crit) {
+  if (crit.daylightOnly && !(r.elev > 0)) return false;
+  const t = r[crit.field];
+  if (t == null) return false;
+  if (t < crit.pl.min || t > crit.pl.max) return false;
+  // A measure that carries no weight for this profile can't exclude an hour
+  // either, or an indoor window would still be cut short by a shower.
+  if (crit.w.rain && (r.precipProb ?? 0) > BAND_RAIN.limit) return false;
+  if (crit.w.gust && (r.gust ?? r.va ?? 0) * 2.237 > BAND_GUST.limit) return false;
   // Soil comes from a separate feed and is null wherever that fetch fails or
   // the model has no coverage - treat missing as passing, or a soil outage
   // would silently empty the panel everywhere. Only the wet end excludes: dust
   // -dry ground is a poor day out for the garden, not for the person on it.
-  if (r.soilM != null && r.soilM > BAND_SOIL.limit) return false;
+  if (crit.w.soil && r.soilM != null && r.soilM > BAND_SOIL.limit) return false;
   return true;
 }
 
 // How good an hour is WITHIN the bands, 0-1. Weighted by how much each
 // measure actually decides whether the day was worth going out for.
-function hourQuality(r) {
+function hourQuality(r, crit) {
   const parts = [
-    [sunsoakScore(r.utciAdj),                        0.40],
+    [plateauScore(r[crit.field], crit.pl),                crit.w.thermal],
-    [bandScore(r.precipProb ?? 0, BAND_RAIN),        0.25],
+    [bandScore(r.precipProb ?? 0, BAND_RAIN),             crit.w.rain],
-    [bandScore((r.gust ?? r.va ?? 0) * 2.237, BAND_GUST), 0.20],
+    [bandScore((r.gust ?? r.va ?? 0) * 2.237, BAND_GUST), crit.w.gust],
-    [bandScore(r.soilM, BAND_SOIL),                  0.15],
+    [bandScore(r.soilM, BAND_SOIL),                       crit.w.soil],
-  ].filter(([v]) => v != null);
+  ].filter(([v, w]) => v != null && w > 0);
   const wsum = parts.reduce((s, [, w]) => s + w, 0);
   return wsum > 0 ? parts.reduce((s, [v, w]) => s + v * w, 0) / wsum : 0;
 }
 
-export function computeBestDay(weekDays, nowLocalISO) {
+export function computeBestDay(weekDays, nowLocalISO, profile, variant) {
   if (!weekDays || weekDays.length === 0) return [];
+  const crit = bestDayCriteria(profile, variant);
 
   const candidates = [];
   for (const day of weekDays.slice(0, 7)) {
@@ -1088,7 +1143,7 @@ export function computeBestDay(weekDays, nowLocalISO) {
 
     let start = -1, len = 0, dayBest = null;
     for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
-      if (comfortableHour(rows[i])) {
+      if (comfortableHour(rows[i], crit)) {
         if (start < 0) start = i;
         len++;
         if (!dayBest || len > dayBest.len) dayBest = { start, len, end: i };
@@ -1102,21 +1157,26 @@ export function computeBestDay(weekDays, nowLocalISO) {
     // temperate summer week half of them qualify dawn to dusk, and picking
     // arbitrarily among those is a coin toss.
     const run     = rows.slice(dayBest.start, dayBest.end + 1);
-    const quality = run.reduce((s, r) => s + hourQuality(r), 0) / run.length;
+    const quality = run.reduce((s, r) => s + hourQuality(r, crit), 0) / run.length;
 
     candidates.push({
       len: dayBest.len, quality, key: day.key,
       from: rows[dayBest.start], to: rows[dayBest.end],
-      daylight: rows.filter(r => r.elev > 0).length,
+      // What the window is measured AGAINST: the daylight for a profile that
+      // only counts daylight hours, otherwise the whole day. Using daylight
+      // for a round-the-clock profile would let a 14-hour overnight window
+      // score over 100% of a 16-hour day and print "all day" for a spell that
+      // ends at breakfast.
+      usable: crit.daylightOnly ? rows.filter(r => r.elev > 0).length : rows.length,
     });
   }
   // Nothing qualifying is itself worth saying - an empty panel reads as a bug,
   // and "don't bother this week" is a real answer to the question being asked.
   if (candidates.length === 0) {
     return [{
-      icon: '🌧️',
+      icon: crit.field === 'utciAdj' ? '🌧️' : '🚫',
       label: 'Next 7 days',
-      value: 'no settled outdoor windows',
+      value: EMPTY_VALUE[crit.field] ?? EMPTY_VALUE.utciAdj,
       alert: false,
     }];
   }
@@ -1132,7 +1192,7 @@ export function computeBestDay(weekDays, nowLocalISO) {
   // window of perfect ones are both worth knowing about, and letting either
   // half dominate hides one of them.
   for (const c of candidates) {
-    const span = c.daylight > 0 ? Math.min(c.len / c.daylight, 1) : 0;
+    const span = c.usable > 0 ? Math.min(c.len / c.usable, 1) : 0;
     c.score = Math.round(100 * (0.5 * span + 0.5 * c.quality));
   }
 
@@ -1160,7 +1220,7 @@ export function computeBestDay(weekDays, nowLocalISO) {
 
     // A run spanning nearly all the daylight is better said than shown: printing
     // "6am - 9pm" makes the reader parse a time range to learn "all day".
-    const window = c.daylight > 0 && c.len >= c.daylight - 1
+    const window = c.usable > 0 && c.len >= c.usable - 1
       ? 'all day'
       : `${hh(c.from.iso)} – ${hh(endIso)}`;
 
@@ -1182,9 +1242,29 @@ export function computeBestDay(weekDays, nowLocalISO) {
 // Header line for the panel: names what is being judged when a variant makes
 // that non-obvious, otherwise the plain framing.
 export function bestDaysLabel(profile, variant) {
+  const { mainField, mainLabel } = deriveProfileMain(profile, variant);
+  // The vehicle and home profiles have no variant to name, but "best times
+  // out" would be plainly wrong for them - the panel is now reading the cabin
+  // and the room, not the pavement.
+  if (profile === 'vehicle') return 'Best times to drive';
+  if (profile === 'home')    return 'Best times indoors';
+  if (profile === 'pets')    return 'Best times for pets';
   return profile === 'outdoors' && variant
-    ? `Best times for ${deriveProfileMain(profile, variant).mainLabel}`
+    ? `Best times for ${mainLabel}`
-    : 'Best times out';
+    : (mainField === 'utciAdj' ? 'Best times out' : `Best times for ${mainLabel}`);
+}
+
+// Tooltip on the score bar. It has to name the field being scored, or a
+// driver reads "temperatures nearer 20 °C" against the outside air and
+// concludes the panel is broken.
+export function bestDaysHint(profile, variant, score) {
+  const { mainField } = deriveProfileMain(profile, variant);
+  const what = {
+    vehicleT:    'an ideal driving day — longer stretches with a comfortable cabin score higher',
+    indoorT:     'an ideal day indoors — longer stretches with the building in comfortable range score higher',
+    furSurfaceT: 'an ideal day for a pet outside — longer stretches with fur and ground temperatures in safe range score higher',
+  }[mainField] ?? 'an ideal day out — longer comfortable stretches and temperatures nearer 20 °C score higher';
+  return `${score}% of ${what}`;
 }
 
 export function computeCropAdvice(weekDays, lat) {