3.8

Improved 'Sow' and 'Harvest' calcs
Better background on the event banners

assets/css/base.css

@@ -229,12 +229,34 @@ body {
   opacity: 0.75;
 }
 
-/* Safety-relevant weather (heat, frost, storm, wind, wet) — brass emphasis */
+/* Safety-relevant weather (heat, frost, storm, wind, wet) — brass emphasis.
+   This is the fallback: when the event carries a weather tint, app.js
+   overrides background/border inline with the matching day-tab colour and
+   adds .is-tinted (below). */
 .event-note.is-priority {
   background: #f0e4c4;
   border-color: #c8922a;
 }
 
+/* Tinted warning banner — the hue now carries the "this is a warning" signal,
+   so the copy drops the brass accents for neutral dark tones that stay
+   readable on any of the palette's hues (orange, blue, grey). */
+.event-note.is-tinted .event-note-msg {
+  color: #3f3222;
+}
+.event-note.is-tinted.is-priority .event-note-dates {
+  color: #56452c;
+}
+.event-note.is-tinted .event-note-dot {
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18);
+}
+.event-note.is-tinted .event-note-dot:hover {
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.34);
+}
+.event-note.is-tinted .event-note-dot.active {
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
+}
+
 .event-note-slide {
   display: flex;
   align-items: baseline;

assets/js/app.js

@@ -685,6 +685,20 @@ export function UTCIForecast() {
         const startFmt = fmtDate(ev.start);
         const peakFmt  = fmtDate(ev.peak);
         const endFmt   = fmtDate(ev.end);
+        // Warning banners take their background from the day tabs' weather
+        // palette (ev.tint, set in events/weather-checks.js) so a heat alert
+        // reads the same orange as a hot day tab and a rain alert the same
+        // blue. Pastelised hard — the banner is a wide block of body text, so
+        // it needs far more headroom than a small tab — and drawn edge-in to
+        // echo the tabs' radial "colour radiating inward" look.
+        const noteTintStyle = (isPriority && ev.tint) ? (() => {
+          const pale = (amt) => `rgb(${ev.tint.map(c => Math.round(c + (255 - c) * amt)).join(',')})`;
+          const edge = pale(0.55), core = pale(0.82);
+          return {
+            background: `linear-gradient(90deg, ${edge} 0%, ${core} 35%, ${core} 65%, ${edge} 100%)`,
+            borderColor: `rgb(${ev.tint.map(c => Math.round(c * 0.72)).join(',')})`,
+          };
+        })() : undefined;
         const dateLine = (startFmt && endFmt)
           ? (startFmt === endFmt
               ? (peakFmt ? `Peak ${peakFmt}` : startFmt)
@@ -693,7 +707,7 @@ export function UTCIForecast() {
                   : `${startFmt} – ${endFmt}`))
           : null;
         return html`
-          <div class=${`event-note${isPriority ? ' is-priority' : ''}`}>
+          <div class=${`event-note${isPriority ? ' is-priority' : ''}${noteTintStyle ? ' is-tinted' : ''}`} style=${noteTintStyle}>
             <span class="event-note-accent" style=${{ background: ev.color === '#fdf8ee' ? '#c8922a' : ev.color }} />
             <div class=${`event-note-slide${noteFading ? ' is-fading' : ''}`}>
               <span class="event-note-emoji">${ev.emoji}</span>

assets/js/components/DayTabs.js

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 import { h, Fragment } from '../../vendor/preact.js';
 import htm from '../../vendor/htm.js';
-import { confidenceBand, utciCategory, petCategory, VEHICLE_SPEEDS, VEHICLE_TYPES, BUILDING_TYPES, FUR_COLORS } from '../utils.js';
+import { confidenceBand, utciCategory, petCategory, hexToRgb, mixRgb, rainTint, cloudTint, snowTint, VEHICLE_SPEEDS, VEHICLE_TYPES, BUILDING_TYPES, FUR_COLORS } from '../utils.js';
 import { FREE_DAYS, UTCI_ENVIRONMENTS, deriveProfileMain, FILTER_PROFILES, variantIcons } from '../config.js';
 import { calcVehicleInteriorTempPass } from '../physics.js';
 import { CloudIcon, PrecipIcon, HouseIcon, CarIcon, FogIcon, IceIcon } from '../components.js';
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ export function DayTabs({
           // only vary its shade: heat → snow → rain → cloud → sun (first wins).
           //   • Hot/extreme days always keep their heat colour (a safety signal).
           //   • Otherwise rain wins, then cloud, then a clear "sunny"/cold colour.
-          const mix     = (a, b, t) => a.map((v, i) => Math.round(v + (b[i] - v) * Math.max(0, Math.min(1, t))));
+          // Shade ramps live in utils.js (WEATHER TINT PALETTE) so the warning
-          const hex2rgb = (hx) => { const n = parseInt(hx.replace('#', ''), 16); return [(n >> 16) & 255, (n >> 8) & 255, n & 255]; };
+          // event banner can colour itself from exactly the same source.
           const catFn   = isPetsProfile ? petCategory : utciCategory;
           const tBand   = dayHi !== null ? catFn(dayHi) : { bg: '#f8e554' };
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ export function DayTabs({
 
           let rgb;
           if (tempOnly) {
-            rgb = hex2rgb(tBand.bg);
+            rgb = hexToRgb(tBand.bg);
           } else if (isHot) {
             // Keep the heat hue; cloud only mutes it a touch (orange/red never
             // greens) and rain does not override heat.
@@ -331,22 +331,22 @@ export function DayTabs({
               ? (dayHi >= 49 ? 0.15 : dayHi >= 43 ? 0.30 : 0.45)
               : (dayHi >= 39 ? 0.15 : dayHi >= 34 ? 0.30 : 0.45);
             const t = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (avgCloud - 30) / 70)) * heatFactor;
-            rgb = mix(hex2rgb(tBand.bg), [170, 162, 152], t);
+            rgb = mixRgb(hexToRgb(tBand.bg), [170, 162, 152], t);
           } else if (daySnow >= 0.1) {
             // Snow: pale → icy blue with depth.
-            rgb = mix([226, 234, 244], [176, 202, 232], Math.max(0, Math.min(1, daySnow / 1.5)));
+            rgb = snowTint(daySnow);
           } else if (showPrecip) {
             // Rain: light → deep blue with amount (pure blue, no temperature hue).
-            rgb = mix([150, 176, 212], [44, 84, 150], Math.max(0, Math.min(1, dayPrecip / 8)));
+            rgb = rainTint(dayPrecip);
           } else if (avgCloud >= 30) {
             // Cloud: light → dark grey with cover (pure grey, no temperature hue).
-            rgb = mix([205, 206, 208], [110, 115, 122], Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (avgCloud - 30) / 70)));
+            rgb = cloudTint(avgCloud);
           } else if (dayHi !== null && dayHi < (isPetsProfile ? 2 : 10)) {
             // Clear & cold: keep the cold temperature blue.
-            rgb = hex2rgb(tBand.bg);
+            rgb = hexToRgb(tBand.bg);
           } else {
             // Clear & mild/warm: a plain sunny yellow.
-            rgb = hex2rgb('#f8e554');
+            rgb = hexToRgb('#f8e554');
           }
           const [wR, wG, wB] = rgb;
 

assets/js/compute.js

@@ -306,12 +306,15 @@ const AGG_FELT = [
   'soilT0', 'soilT6', 'shadeT', 'Ta',     // Soil surface + root, Shade, Air
 ];
 
+// Arithmetic mean of an array, or null when empty. Shared by aggregateRows
+// and computeCropAdvice.
+const mean = (vals) => vals.length ? vals.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / vals.length : null;
+
 export function aggregateRows(rows, interval) {
   if (!rows || rows.length === 0 || !interval || interval <= 1) return rows;
 
   // Numbers for a field across the group, skipping null / NaN.
   const nums = (group, f) => group.map(r => r[f]).filter(v => v != null && !isNaN(v));
-  const mean = (vals) => vals.length ? vals.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / vals.length : null;
   const maxV = (vals) => vals.length ? Math.max(...vals) : null;
   const felt = (vals) => {
     if (!vals.length) return null;
@@ -883,10 +886,59 @@ alert: peakAqi >= 60,
 //  glance-style { icon, label, value, alert } items, appended after the
 //  standard farming insights.
 //
+//  Each verdict is one of three tiers - clearly good (crops listed plain),
+//  borderline (crops listed with a "(marginal)" suffix) or hold. The middle
+//  tier exists so a technically-passing but shaky call doesn't read with the
+//  same confidence as an ideal one.
+//
+//  Sowing looks at the DAILY MEAN soil temperature at 6 cm - drilling depth -
+//  rather than a surface peak, because bare soil at 0 cm swings 15 °C+ over a
+//  day and a sunny afternoon says nothing about the seedbed. It wants that
+//  threshold held for a run of consecutive days AND the soil trending warmer
+//  ("at temperature and rising"), plus workable moisture, no air frost ahead
+//  for tender crops, and no downpour due straight after drilling.
+//
+//  Harvest wants a genuinely CONSECUTIVE dry run for grain/rape/onions, and
+//  gates root crops on soil moisture - lifting spuds off saturated ground
+//  means ruts, compaction and damaged tubers.
+//
+//  Accuracy caveats worth knowing before trusting a verdict:
+//    - Soil fields come from ICON Global at ~11 km (see buildSoilUrl in
+//      hooks/useForecast.js) - a regional average, not this field.
+//    - The 0.45 m³/m³ wetness threshold is texture-agnostic: near saturation
+//      on sand, around field capacity on clay. A proper fix needs a soil
+//      texture lookup.
+//    - soil_moisture_0_to_1cm is the skin layer and dries within hours of
+//      rain, so it overstates workability after a shower.
+//      soil_moisture_3_to_9cm would be the better input if this is revisited.
+//
 //  Parameters:
 //    weekDays - the `days` array: [{ key: 'YYYY-MM-DD', rows: [...] }, ...]
 //    lat      - forecast latitude; < 0 flips the UK calendar by +6 months
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Soil moisture bands shared by the sow and harvest gates (m³/m³). WET matches
+// the "Saturated" cut in moistureLabel() so the two glance rows agree.
+const SOIL_WET        = 0.45;
+const SOIL_BORDERLINE = 0.40;
+
+// LONGEST run of consecutive entries satisfying `pred`, as { start, len }.
+// Deliberately the longest and not the first: one unsettled day early in the
+// week must not hide a good four-day spell behind it.
+function bestRun(arr, pred) {
+  let best = { start: -1, len: 0 }, start = -1, len = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+    if (pred(arr[i])) {
+      if (start < 0) start = i;
+      len++;
+      if (len > best.len) best = { start, len };
+    } else {
+      start = -1; len = 0;
+    }
+  }
+  return best;
+}
+
 export function computeCropAdvice(weekDays, lat) {
   if (!weekDays || weekDays.length === 0) return [];
   const days = weekDays.slice(0, 7).filter(d => d && d.rows && d.rows.length);
@@ -903,69 +955,145 @@ export function computeCropAdvice(weekDays, lat) {
     return shifted.includes(month);
   };
 
-  // Warmth the seedbed actually reaches this week: the highest of each day's
+  // ── Per-day aggregates ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  // peak surface soil temperature.
+  // One pass; everything below reads from these rather than re-scanning rows.
-  let weekSoilT = null;
+  const daily = days.map(d => {
-  for (const d of days) {
+    const at6 = d.rows.map(r => r.soilT6).filter(v => v != null);
-    const peak = Math.max(-Infinity, ...d.rows.map(r => r.soilT0 ?? -Infinity));
+    const at0 = d.rows.map(r => r.soilT0).filter(v => v != null);
-    if (peak > -Infinity && (weekSoilT == null || peak > weekSoilT)) weekSoilT = peak;
-  }
-
-  // Latest known soil moisture - saturated ground (>=45%) is unworkable.
-  let soilM = null;
-  for (const d of days) {
-    for (const r of d.rows) if (r.soilM != null) soilM = r.soilM;
-  }
-  const groundWet = soilM != null && soilM >= 0.45;
-
-  // Dry days this week: under 2 mm total rain and rain chance staying < 40%.
-  const dryNames = [];
-  for (const d of days) {
-    const totalRain = d.rows.reduce((s, r) => s + (r.precip ?? 0), 0);
-    const maxProb   = Math.max(0, ...d.rows.map(r => r.precipProb ?? 0));
-    if (totalRain < 2 && maxProb < 40) {
     const dt  = new Date((d.key || '') + 'T00:00Z');
-      dryNames.push(dt.toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { weekday: 'short', timeZone: 'UTC' }));
+    return {
-    }
+      // 6 cm is drilling depth; fall back to the 0 cm skin only if a model
-  }
+      // swap drops the 6 cm field, so the row still says something.
-  const hasDrySpell = dryNames.length > 0;
+      soilMeanT: at6.length ? mean(at6) : (at0.length ? mean(at0) : null),
+      soilMMean: mean(d.rows.map(r => r.soilM).filter(v => v != null)),
+      rainTotal: d.rows.reduce((s, r) => s + (r.precip ?? 0), 0),
+      maxProb:   Math.max(0, ...d.rows.map(r => r.precipProb ?? 0)),
+      minTa:     Math.min(Infinity, ...d.rows.map(r => r.Ta ?? Infinity)),
+      name:      dt.toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { weekday: 'short', timeZone: 'UTC' }),
+    };
+  });
 
-  // Full crop-name list for the glance row.
+  // ── Seedbed signals ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Longest consecutive run of days whose mean seedbed temp clears `minT`.
+  const runAt = (minT) => bestRun(daily, d => d.soilMeanT != null && d.soilMeanT >= minT).len;
+
+  // "At temperature AND rising": end of the week warmer than the start.
+  const early = mean(daily.slice(0, 3).map(d => d.soilMeanT).filter(v => v != null));
+  const late  = mean(daily.slice(4, 7).map(d => d.soilMeanT).filter(v => v != null));
+  const rising = early != null && late != null && (late - early) >= 0.3;
+
+  // Best margin over a threshold across the week - a soil sitting well above
+  // the floor is a safer call than one scraping it.
+  const bestMean = Math.max(-Infinity, ...daily.map(d => d.soilMeanT ?? -Infinity));
+  const soilKnown = bestMean > -Infinity;
+  const marginOver = (minT) => (soilKnown ? bestMean - minT : null);
+
+  // Workability now, not seven days out: mean over the next 48 h only.
+  const nearMoist   = mean(daily.slice(0, 2).map(d => d.soilMMean).filter(v => v != null));
+  const groundWet   = nearMoist != null && nearMoist >= SOIL_WET;
+  const groundDamp  = nearMoist != null && nearMoist >= SOIL_BORDERLINE && nearMoist < SOIL_WET;
+
+  // Air frost anywhere in the window rules out tender crops.
+  const frostAhead = daily.some(d => d.minTa < 0);
+
+  // A downpour onto a fresh seedbed caps it; downgrade, never block.
+  const postSowSoak = daily.slice(0, 3).reduce((s, d) => s + d.rainTotal, 0) > 25;
+
+  // ── Shared row plumbing ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
   const listCrops = (crops) => crops.map(c => c.label).join(', ');
-  const dryRange = () => dryNames.length === 1
+
-    ? `dry ${dryNames[0]}`
+  // Split a season list into ready / marginal by a per-crop classifier.
-    : `dry ${dryNames[0]}–${dryNames[dryNames.length - 1]}`;
+  const classify = (crops, fn) => {
+    const ready = [], marginal = [];
+    for (const c of crops) {
+      const v = fn(c);
+      if (v === 'ready') ready.push(c);
+      else if (v === 'marginal') marginal.push(c);
+    }
+    return { ready, marginal };
+  };
+
+  // Ready crops list plain; otherwise marginal crops carry the suffix. Keeping
+  // them separate means a plain list always means "genuinely good to go".
+  const buildRow = (icon, label, { ready, marginal }, readyValue, holdValue) => (
+    ready.length ? {
+      icon, label, value: readyValue(ready), alert: false, grp: 'surface',
+    } : marginal.length ? {
+      icon, label, value: `${listCrops(marginal)} (marginal)`, alert: false, grp: 'surface',
+    } : {
+      icon, label, value: holdValue, alert: true, grp: 'surface',
+    }
+  );
 
   const out = [];
 
   // ── Good to sow ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   const sowSeason = CROP_CALENDAR.filter(c => inSeason(c.sow.months));
   if (sowSeason.length) {
-    const ready = sowSeason.filter(c =>
+    const sowState = classify(sowSeason, (c) => {
-      weekSoilT != null && weekSoilT >= c.sow.minSoilT && !groundWet);
+      // Under glass: the outdoor seedbed simply doesn't apply.
-    out.push(ready.length ? {
+      if (c.sow.underCover) return 'ready';
-      icon: '🌱', label: 'Good to sow', value: listCrops(ready), alert: false, grp: 'surface',
+      // No soil reading at all is "unknown", not "fine" - don't guess.
-    } : {
+      if (!soilKnown) return 'no';
-      icon: '🌱', label: 'Good to sow',
+      const run = runAt(c.sow.minSoilT);
-      value: groundWet ? 'Hold off — ground too wet' : 'Hold off — soil still cold',
+      if (groundWet || run === 0) return 'no';
-      alert: true, grp: 'surface',
+      if (c.sow.tender && frostAhead) return 'no';
+      const margin = marginOver(c.sow.minSoilT);
+      const solid  = run >= 3 && (rising || (margin != null && margin >= 2));
+      return (solid && !groundDamp && !postSowSoak) ? 'ready' : 'marginal';
     });
+
+    // Under-cover crops pass on the calendar alone, so on their own they must
+    // NOT read as a green light for the field - qualify them instead.
+    const onlyUnderCover = sowState.ready.length > 0
+      && sowState.ready.every(c => c.sow.underCover);
+    const sowReadyValue = (ready) => onlyUnderCover
+      ? `${listCrops(ready)} (under cover)`
+      : listCrops(ready);
+
+    // Hold reason by precedence: unknown beats wet beats cold beats frost.
+    const holdValue = !soilKnown ? 'Soil data unavailable'
+      : groundWet ? 'Hold off — ground too wet'
+      : sowSeason.some(c => runAt(c.sow.minSoilT) === 0) ? 'Hold off — soil still cold'
+      : 'Hold off — frost forecast';
+
+    out.push(buildRow('🌱', 'Good to sow', sowState, sowReadyValue, holdValue));
   }
 
   // ── Good to harvest ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   const harvestSeason = CROP_CALENDAR.filter(c => inSeason(c.harvest.months));
   if (harvestSeason.length) {
-    // Grain/rape/onions need a dry spell; everything else can be lifted in window.
+    // A dry SPELL, not scattered dry days: under 2 mm and rain chance < 40%.
-    const ready = harvestSeason.filter(c => !c.harvest.dry || hasDrySpell);
+    const isDry = (d) => d.rainTotal < 2 && d.maxProb < 40;
-    const dryDriven = hasDrySpell && ready.some(c => c.harvest.dry);
+    const spell = bestRun(daily, isDry);
-    out.push(ready.length ? {
+    const dryRange = () => {
-      icon: '🌾', label: 'Good to harvest',
+      const names = daily.slice(spell.start, spell.start + spell.len).map(d => d.name);
-      value: dryDriven ? `${listCrops(ready)} (${dryRange()})` : listCrops(ready),
+      return names.length === 1
-      alert: false, grp: 'surface',
+        ? `dry ${names[0]}`
-    } : {
+        : `dry ${names[0]}–${names[names.length - 1]}`;
-      icon: '🌾', label: 'Good to harvest',
+    };
-      value: 'Hold — too wet to harvest grain', alert: true, grp: 'surface',
+
+    const harvestState = classify(harvestSeason, (c) => {
+      // Grain, rape and onions must come in / cure dry.
+      if (c.harvest.dry) return spell.len >= 3 ? 'ready' : spell.len === 2 ? 'marginal' : 'no';
+      // Root crops are lifted by machine - saturated ground means ruts.
+      if (c.harvest.lift) return groundWet ? 'no' : groundDamp ? 'marginal' : 'ready';
+      // Hand-cut (lettuce): month window is enough.
+      return 'ready';
     });
+
+    const dryDriven = spell.len > 0 && harvestState.ready.some(c => c.harvest.dry);
+    const readyValue = (ready) => dryDriven
+      ? `${listCrops(ready)} (${dryRange()})`
+      : listCrops(ready);
+
+    // Hold reason: only blame the ground when every stuck crop is a root crop.
+    // (A hold means nothing was ready or marginal, so the whole season is stuck.)
+    const holdValue = harvestSeason.every(c => c.harvest.lift)
+      ? 'Hold — ground too wet to lift'
+      : 'Hold — too wet to harvest grain';
+
+    out.push(buildRow('🌾', 'Good to harvest', harvestState, readyValue, holdValue));
   }
 
   return out;

assets/js/config.js

@@ -297,21 +297,31 @@ export const COL_DESCRIPTIONS = {
 
 // Seasonal crop calendar for the Farming "At a glance" sow/harvest advice.
 // Months are 1-12 on a UK / Northern-temperate basis (auto-flipped +6 for the
-// southern hemisphere in computeCropAdvice). `minSoilT` is the surface-soil
+// southern hemisphere in computeCropAdvice). `minSoilT` is the seedbed
-// germination floor in °C. `dry: true` marks crops that should only be
+// germination floor in °C, tested against the DAILY MEAN soil temperature at
-// harvested in a dry spell (grains, rape and onions need to be brought in /
+// 6 cm (drilling depth) rather than a surface peak.
-// cured dry); `dry: false` crops can be lifted whenever they are in window.
+//
+// Optional flags, all defaulting to falsy:
+//   sow.tender      - seedlings are killed by air frost, so an air frost in the
+//                     forecast week rules the crop out.
+//   sow.underCover  - sown indoors / under glass in its window, so the outdoor
+//                     seedbed temperature and wetness gates don't apply.
+//   harvest.dry     - must be brought in / cured dry (grains, rape, onions), so
+//                     needs a run of consecutive dry days.
+//   harvest.lift    - lifted by machine off the ground (root crops), so
+//                     waterlogged soil means ruts, compaction and damaged roots.
+// A crop with neither harvest flag (lettuce, hand-cut) passes on month alone.
 export const CROP_CALENDAR = [
   { key: 'wheat',     label: 'Wheat',        icon: '🌾', sow: { months: [9, 10],          minSoilT: 8  }, harvest: { months: [8, 9],        dry: true  } },
   { key: 'barley',    label: 'Barley',       icon: '🌾', sow: { months: [2, 3, 9, 10],    minSoilT: 6  }, harvest: { months: [7, 8],        dry: true  } },
   { key: 'oats',      label: 'Oats',         icon: '🌾', sow: { months: [2, 3, 4],        minSoilT: 5  }, harvest: { months: [8, 9],        dry: true  } },
   { key: 'osr',       label: 'Oilseed rape', icon: '🌻', sow: { months: [8, 9],           minSoilT: 10 }, harvest: { months: [7, 8],        dry: true  } },
   { key: 'fieldbean', label: 'Field beans',  icon: '🫘', sow: { months: [2, 3, 10, 11],   minSoilT: 3  }, harvest: { months: [8, 9],        dry: true  } },
-  { key: 'potato',    label: 'Potatoes',     icon: '🥔', sow: { months: [3, 4, 5],        minSoilT: 7  }, harvest: { months: [6, 7, 8, 9],  dry: false } },
+  { key: 'potato',    label: 'Potatoes',     icon: '🥔', sow: { months: [3, 4, 5],        minSoilT: 7, tender: true }, harvest: { months: [6, 7, 8, 9],  dry: false, lift: true } },
-  { key: 'carrot',    label: 'Carrots',      icon: '🥕', sow: { months: [3, 4, 5, 6, 7],  minSoilT: 7  }, harvest: { months: [6, 7, 8, 9, 10], dry: false } },
+  { key: 'carrot',    label: 'Carrots',      icon: '🥕', sow: { months: [3, 4, 5, 6, 7],  minSoilT: 7  }, harvest: { months: [6, 7, 8, 9, 10], dry: false, lift: true } },
-  { key: 'tomato',    label: 'Tomatoes',     icon: '🍅', sow: { months: [3, 4],           minSoilT: 14 }, harvest: { months: [7, 8, 9],     dry: false } },
+  { key: 'tomato',    label: 'Tomatoes',     icon: '🍅', sow: { months: [3, 4],           minSoilT: 14, tender: true, underCover: true }, harvest: { months: [7, 8, 9],     dry: false } },
   { key: 'onion',     label: 'Onions',       icon: '🧅', sow: { months: [3, 4],           minSoilT: 7  }, harvest: { months: [7, 8],        dry: true  } },
   { key: 'pea',       label: 'Peas',         icon: '🟢', sow: { months: [3, 4, 5, 6],     minSoilT: 8  }, harvest: { months: [6, 7, 8],     dry: false } },
   { key: 'lettuce',   label: 'Lettuce',      icon: '🥬', sow: { months: [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], minSoilT: 5 }, harvest: { months: [5, 6, 7, 8, 9], dry: false } },
-  { key: 'beetroot',  label: 'Beetroot',     icon: '🟣', sow: { months: [4, 5, 6, 7],     minSoilT: 7  }, harvest: { months: [7, 8, 9, 10], dry: false } },
+  { key: 'beetroot',  label: 'Beetroot',     icon: '🟣', sow: { months: [4, 5, 6, 7],     minSoilT: 7  }, harvest: { months: [7, 8, 9, 10], dry: false, lift: true } },
 ];

assets/js/events/weather-checks.js

@@ -9,8 +9,16 @@
 //  To add a new weather event: write a checkXxx(rows, location) function
 //  below, export it, and add it to the checks[] array inside
 //  getActiveEvents() (in events.js).
+//
+//  Priority (safety) events also carry a `tint` — an [r,g,b] triple taken
+//  from the same WEATHER TINT PALETTE the day tabs colour themselves from
+//  (utils.js), so a heat banner reads the same orange as a hot day tab, a
+//  rain banner the same blue, and so on. app.js turns it into the banner
+//  background; events without a tint keep the default parchment banner.
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+import { utciCategory, hexToRgb, rainTint, cloudTint } from '../utils.js';
+
 export function checkStargazing(rows) {
   // Great stargazing: mostly clear night hours with low cloud.
   // Split night into contiguous runs (pre-dawn vs post-dusk) and evaluate
@@ -138,6 +146,8 @@ export function checkHeatSpike(rows) {
     message: msgs[severity],
     color: severity === 'danger' ? '#3a0000' : severity === 'extreme-caution' ? '#4a1000' : '#5a2000',
     textColor: '#ffd0b0',
+    // Same heat hue a day tab would use for this temperature.
+    tint: hexToRgb(utciCategory(maxTemp).bg),
     type: 'weather',
     nightOnly: false,
     isoRange,  // only show cell icon during the hot hours
@@ -230,6 +240,8 @@ export function checkWind(rows) {
     message: `Gusts to ${mph} mph. ${desc}`,
     color,
     textColor,
+    // Dry but windy — the day tabs' cloud-grey ramp, darkened by wind tier.
+    tint: cloudTint(30 + tier * 12),
     type: 'weather',
     nightOnly: false,
     isoRange,
@@ -259,6 +271,8 @@ export function checkWet(rows) {
       : `Moderate rain expected — up to ${maxPrecip.toFixed(1)} mm/h at peak. Keep a brolly handy.`,
     color: '#15212e',
     textColor: '#bcd6ee',
+    // Rain wins over cloud in the day-tab priority order, so use the blue ramp.
+    tint: rainTint(maxPrecip),
     type: 'weather',
     nightOnly: false,
     isoRange,
@@ -289,6 +303,8 @@ export function checkStorm(rows) {
     message: `Gusts to ${mph} mph with ${rainLabel} (${maxPrecip.toFixed(1)} mm/h). ${windDesc}`,
     color,
     textColor,
+    // Wind + rain: rain outranks cloud on the day tabs, so the blue ramp again.
+    tint: rainTint(maxPrecip),
     type: 'weather',
     nightOnly: false,
     isoRange,
@@ -314,6 +330,8 @@ export function checkFrost(rows) {
       : `Temperatures near freezing tonight (${minTemp.toFixed(1)}°C) — frost possible on exposed surfaces and vehicles.`,
     color: '#0a1a2a',
     textColor: '#c8e8ff',
+    // Same cold blue a day tab would use for this temperature.
+    tint: hexToRgb(utciCategory(minTemp).bg),
     type: 'weather',
     nightOnly: false,
     isoRange,  // only show cell icon during the frosty hours

assets/js/utils.js

@@ -56,6 +56,31 @@ export function utciCategory(u) {
   }
 }
 
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------
+// WEATHER TINT PALETTE - single source of truth for "what colour is
+// this weather", shared by the day tabs (components/DayTabs.js) and the
+// warning event banner (events/weather-checks.js + app.js).
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The day tabs pick ONE dimension by priority (heat -> snow -> rain ->
+// cloud -> sun) and only vary its shade; these helpers are the shade
+// ramps for the non-temperature dimensions. Temperature-driven tints
+// come from utciCategory().bg / petCategory().bg instead.
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------
+export const hexToRgb = (hx) => {
+  const n = parseInt(hx.replace('#', ''), 16);
+  return [(n >> 16) & 255, (n >> 8) & 255, n & 255];
+};
+
+export const mixRgb = (a, b, t) =>
+  a.map((v, i) => Math.round(v + (b[i] - v) * Math.max(0, Math.min(1, t))));
+
+// Rain: light -> deep blue with amount (mm over the period).
+export const rainTint  = (mm)  => mixRgb([150, 176, 212], [44, 84, 150], mm / 8);
+// Cloud: light -> dark grey with cover (%).
+export const cloudTint = (pct) => mixRgb([205, 206, 208], [110, 115, 122], (pct - 30) / 70);
+// Snow: pale -> icy blue with depth (cm).
+export const snowTint  = (cm)  => mixRgb([226, 234, 244], [176, 202, 232], cm / 1.5);
+
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 // PET_BANDS - same shape as UTCI_BANDS, recalibrated for pet skin/fur
 // instead of bare human skin.
@@ -437,10 +462,7 @@ const SKY_KEYS_SETTING = [
   [ 90,  '#1a7abf', '#60b8e8'],
 ];
 
-function hexToRgb(hex) {
+/* hexToRgb is the exported one from the weather tint palette above. */
-  const n = parseInt(hex.slice(1), 16);
-  return [(n >> 16) & 255, (n >> 8) & 255, n & 255];
-}
 function rgbToHex([r, g, b]) {
   return '#' + [r, g, b].map(v => Math.round(v).toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
 }

data/tracking.json

@@ -193,5 +193,11 @@
             "vehicle": 4,
             "pets": 1
         }
+    },
+    "2026-08-02": {
+        "visits": 7,
+        "profiles": {
+            "farming": 2
+        }
     }
 }