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{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the difference between UTCI and heat index?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Heat index is a simple table-based formula that adjusts air temperature for humidity only - it ignores wind and solar radiation entirely. UTCI is a full physiological model accounting for air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and mean radiant temperature from solar radiation. In sunny or windy conditions the two values can differ by 10-20 degrees. UTCI is the standard used in European heat-health warning systems."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Why does SunScope sometimes show a much higher temperature than my regular weather app?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"On clear sunny days, direct solar radiation heats your skin significantly - sometimes adding 10 degrees or more to what the air temperature alone would suggest. SunScope calculates mean radiant temperature from real shortwave radiation forecast data. Standard weather apps ignore solar radiation entirely and only report air temperature or basic wind chill."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Why does SunScope sometimes show a lower temperature than my regular weather app?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Wind chill and precipitation both reduce felt temperature. If it is raining or blustery, the SunSoak value will be noticeably lower than the thermometer reading. A 15 degree day with heavy rain and a strong wind can feel closer to 8 or 9 degrees. SunScope captures this; most apps do not."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I read the SunScope table?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Each row is one hour of the day. The most important column is SunSoak - the felt temperature accounting for all weather factors combined. Colour coding tells you comfort at a glance: blue means cold, green means comfortable, yellow and orange mean warm or hot, red means dangerous heat stress. Switch between profiles using the buttons and dropdowns above the table - Basic, Home, Vehicle, then Places and Activities dropdowns for location and activity-specific views. Hover any column header for a plain-language description of what it shows."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"What do the different profiles and dropdowns show?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Each profile is a curated set of columns. Basic shows core weather: felt temperature, sky, wind, rain. Home adds indoor building temperature. Vehicle adds car cabin temperature, soil moisture, and visibility. The Places dropdown offers Urban, Park/Picnic, Forest/Woodland, Beach, Events, and Airport/Travel (free) plus Festival (Extra). The Activities dropdown offers Dog Walking, Running, and Cycling (free) plus Hiking, Fishing, Sailing, Winter Sports, Photography, and Naturist (Extra). The Work dropdown offers Farming (free) plus Construction, Market Trading, Window Cleaning, Office, and Driver/Trucker (Extra). Temps, Show All, and Custom are Extra-only."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I read the SunScope table?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Each row is one hour of the day. The most important column is SunSoak - the felt temperature accounting for all weather factors combined. Colour coding tells you comfort at a glance: blue means cold, green means comfortable, yellow and orange mean warm or hot, red means dangerous heat stress. Switch between profiles using the popup picker above the table - Basic, Home, Vehicle, Pets, then Places, Activities and Work tabs for location, activity, and occupation-specific views. Hover any column header for a plain-language description of what it shows."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"What do the different profiles and dropdowns show?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Each profile is a curated set of columns. Basic shows core weather: felt temperature, sky, wind, rain. Home adds indoor building temperature. Vehicle adds car cabin temperature, soil moisture, and visibility. Pets adds fur temperature, paw temperature, and pet-specific shade and home thresholds. The Places dropdown offers Urban, Park/Picnic, Forest/Woodland, Beach, Events, and Airport/Travel (free) plus Festival (Extra). The Activities dropdown offers Dog Walking, Running, and Cycling (free) plus Hiking, Fishing, Sailing, Winter Sports, Photography, and Naturist (Extra). The Work dropdown offers Farming (free) plus Construction, Market Trading, Window Cleaning, Office, and Driver/Trucker (Extra). Temps, Show All, and Custom are Extra-only."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I set or change my location?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Use the search bar at the top of the forecast page. Type any city, town, village, or postcode and select from the dropdown results. SunScope works for locations worldwide. Your last searched location is remembered automatically the next time you visit."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"What UV level is dangerous?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"WHO UV index scale: 1-2 Low, no protection needed for short exposure. 3-5 Moderate, wear sunscreen and a hat for over 30 minutes outside. 6-7 High, seek shade during midday, apply SPF 30+. 8-10 Very High, minimise direct sun 11am-3pm. 11+ Extreme, avoid outdoor exposure during peak hours. In the UK, UV 6+ is common on clear summer days May-August."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"How long until I get sunburn today?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It depends on the UV index and your skin type. SunScope shows a Burn time column estimating minutes to the sunburn threshold (one Minimal Erythemal Dose). At UV 8+, fair skin types I and II can burn in under 10 minutes. Medium skin types have around 20-25 minutes. Darker skin has more natural protection but is not immune. Burn time assumes no sunscreen and no shade."}},
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{"@type":"Question","name":"How hot does a car get in the sun?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"On a mild 20 degree day with strong sunshine, the inside of a sealed car can reach 40-45 degrees within 20 minutes and over 50 degrees within an hour. On a hot 30 degree day it can hit 60 degrees. The glass acts like a greenhouse. SunScope calculates cabin temperature hour by hour. Above 35 degrees is dangerous for a child or pet. Above 45 degrees can be fatal within minutes."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Does opening car windows reduce the temperature inside?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, significantly. Open windows allow convective airflow to flush hot cabin air out, reducing heat build-up by roughly 60-80% compared to a sealed vehicle. SunScope has a Ventilation toggle in the Vehicle column that shows the estimated cabin temperature with windows open alongside the sealed figure."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Is it safe to leave a dog in a parked car?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. On any warm or sunny day a sealed vehicle heats up rapidly to temperatures that can cause heatstroke and death in animals within minutes. Dogs are at risk at cabin temperatures above 32 degrees. SunScope Vehicle column shows hourly cabin temperature. Amber (above 35 degrees) or red (above 45 degrees) means not safe for a dog, cat, or young child, even for a few minutes."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"What does the Pets profile show and how does it help keep my pet safe?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The free Pets profile is built for checking outdoor conditions for a cat or dog. Fur Temp estimates coat surface temperature in direct sun, adjustable for your pet's fur colour since darker coats absorb more heat. Paw Temp estimates pavement contact temperature colour-coded by burn risk - green below 40 degrees, amber 40-52 degrees, red above 52 degrees - the same 7-second hand test applies. Pet Shade and Pet Home reuse the shade and indoor models but with lower, pet-specific alert thresholds, since small pets have far less capacity to dump heat than a person."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Is it safe to run outside today?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Check three columns. UTCI: below 26 degrees is comfortable for running, 26-32 is warm so hydrate and slow your pace, above 32 is heat stress so run early morning or evening instead. AQI: if 4 or 5, outdoor exercise increases pollutant absorption - consider moving indoors. UV: if 6+ during midday, apply sunscreen. Early morning usually offers comfortable temperature, low UV, and good air quality all at once."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I keep my house cool in a heatwave without air conditioning?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Keep curtains and blinds closed during the day to block solar gain, then open windows once outdoor air drops below indoor temperature - usually in the evening or early morning. SunScope Home profile lets you select your building type so the model reflects how your building heats up. The Managed toggle shows the effect of following this advice hour by hour."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Why is my house hotter in the evening than during the day?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Building materials absorb heat slowly and release it gradually - a property called thermal mass. A stone cottage or Victorian terrace has very high thermal mass and stays warm well into the night. A timber frame new build or conservatory responds almost immediately to outdoor changes. SunScope building type selector matches the model to your home."}},
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{"@type":"Question","name":"Does SunScope show air quality and pollen forecasts?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes. Three air environment columns sit after Cloud cover in the table: Visibility (horizontal visibility in km), AQI (European Air Quality Index combining PM2.5, PM10, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide), and Pollen (grains per cubic metre with a type picker for grass, birch, alder, mugwort, olive, ragweed, or total). All three are sourced from Copernicus CAMS via Open-Meteo. Toggle them using the column buttons above the table."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"What does the weather icon on each day tab mean?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Each day tab shows a weather icon for dominant daytime sky conditions - a sun disc for clear days, cloud variants for cloudy days, or a precipitation icon for rainy or snowy days. Below the icon are the day high and low SunSoak felt temperatures in warm and cool colours. The icon is derived from actual solar elevation and cloud data, not a fixed set of generic symbols."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"What are the weather event banners above the forecast table?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"When notable conditions are forecast - ground frost, strong wind warning, fog, or a heat event - a coloured banner appears above the table. Tapping or clicking the event icon opens a popup with more detail about what the condition means and what to watch out for. Multiple events can appear at once."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the Today at a Glance panel and what does vs seasonal average mean?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Today at a Glance is a summary panel above the table that pulls together the 4-5 numbers that matter most for the day and your active profile, so you don't have to scan the full hourly table. It also shows a vs seasonal average comparison on every profile: the day's forecast high and 24-hour mean against the 1991-2020 climate normal for that date and location, sourced from Open-Meteo's historical archive. A reading of plus 5 degrees or more against the normal high is flagged - an honest anomaly check on top of the raw forecast."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I see how the sky and weather will look later today?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes. By default the sky scope shows the current moment, with sun position, sky colour, glow, cloud, rain, snow and haze all calculated from real forecast data. You can also travel through the day: press the Day cycle play button to run a 24-hour time-lapse that animates the sky and weather through the next day in about a minute and a half, or drag the thumb along the timeline bar beneath the scope to scrub to any instant. The timeline shows the day's changing sky colours with sunrise and sunset markers at their real times."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"How far ahead does the forecast go?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The free tier shows 3 days of hourly data. SunScope Extra unlocks 14 days. The forecast auto-refreshes every 5 minutes while the page is open so the current hour always reflects the latest data from Open-Meteo. No manual reload needed."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"How accurate is SunScope?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"SunScope uses Open-Meteo data from ECMWF and national meteorological services - the same models used by professional forecasters. The UTCI calculation follows the peer-reviewed Bröde 2012 polynomial exactly. Derived columns such as vehicle temperature, indoor temperature, and concrete surface are physics-based estimates that vary based on local factors like building construction, shading, and surface colour. Treat them as well-informed estimates rather than precise measurements."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Is SunScope free?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The core forecast is free for any location worldwide with no account required. Free includes Basic, Home, Vehicle, the Places variants Urban, Park/Picnic, Forest/Woodland, Beach, Events, and Airport/Travel, and the free specialist variants Dog Walking, Running, Cycling (Activities) and Farming (Work). SunScope Extra at 2 pounds per month unlocks 14-day forecasts, the specialist Places variant Festival, specialist Activities variants (Hiking, Fishing, Sailing, Winter Sports, Photography, Naturist), the Work variants (Construction, Market Trading, Window Cleaning, Office, Driver/Trucker), the Temps comparison profile, Show All, and Custom column control."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Is SunScope free?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The core forecast is free for any location worldwide with no account required. Free includes Basic, Home, Vehicle, Pets, the Places variants Urban, Park/Picnic, Forest/Woodland, Beach, Events, and Airport/Travel, and the free specialist variants Dog Walking, Running, Cycling (Activities) and Farming (Work). SunScope Extra at 2 pounds per month unlocks 14-day forecasts, the specialist Places variant Festival, specialist Activities variants (Hiking, Fishing, Sailing, Winter Sports, Photography, Naturist), the Work variants (Construction, Market Trading, Window Cleaning, Office, Driver/Trucker), the Temps comparison profile, Show All, and Custom column control."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Is there a SunScope mobile app?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"SunScope is a web app that works on any device through your browser - no installation needed. On iPhone: open in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. On Android: open in Chrome, tap the three-dot menu, then Add to Home Screen. It appears as an icon on your phone just like a regular app and opens directly to the forecast."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"What data sources does SunScope use?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Forecast data comes from Open-Meteo, which aggregates ECMWF, GFS, and national meteorological service models. UTCI follows the Bröde et al. 2012 polynomial. Air quality, visibility, and pollen data come from the Copernicus CAMS forecast via the Open-Meteo Air Quality API. Geolocation search uses the Open-Meteo geocoding API."}},
{"@type":"Question","name":"Does SunScope work outside the UK?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes - SunScope works for any location worldwide. Search for any city, town, or village using the search bar. The indoor temperature model offers seven building types so you can match your building wherever you are. All other columns - UTCI, vehicle, UV, soil, concrete - are fully location-agnostic."}}
{"@type":"Question","name":"Does SunScope work outside the UK?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes - SunScope works for any location worldwide. Search for any city, town, or village using the search bar. The indoor temperature model offers eight building types so you can match your building wherever you are. All other columns - UTCI, vehicle, UV, soil, concrete - are fully location-agnostic."}}
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<summary class="faq-q">How do I read the SunScope table?</summary>
<p class="faq-a">Each row in the table is one hour of the day, with the time shown in the first column. The most important column is <strong>SunSoak</strong> - SunScope's felt-temperature index combining air temperature, humidity, wind, solar radiation, rain, and your environment into a single honest number.<br><br>Colour coding tells you how comfortable each hour will be at a glance: blue shades mean cold, green means comfortable, yellow and orange mean warm or hot, and red means dangerous heat stress. Use the SunSoak column dropdown to set your Solar Model - Grass/Open Field, Forest, Alpine, Beach, River, Open Water, or Desert - and the values will adjust accordingly. Other columns show vehicle cabin temperature, indoor building temperature, UV index, burn time, concrete surface temperature, soil data, air quality, and pollen. Switch between profiles using the buttons and dropdowns above the table - Basic, Home, Vehicle, then the <strong>Places</strong>, <strong>Activities</strong>, and <strong>Work</strong> dropdowns for location, activity, and occupation-specific views. Hover any column header for a plain-language description of what it shows.</p>
<p class="faq-a">Each row in the table is one hour of the day, with the time shown in the first column. The most important column is <strong>SunSoak</strong> - SunScope's felt-temperature index combining air temperature, humidity, wind, solar radiation, rain, and your environment into a single honest number.<br><br>Colour coding tells you how comfortable each hour will be at a glance: blue shades mean cold, green means comfortable, yellow and orange mean warm or hot, and red means dangerous heat stress. Use the SunSoak column dropdown to set your Solar Model - Grass/Open Field, Forest, Alpine, Beach, River, Open Water, or Desert - and the values will adjust accordingly. Other columns show vehicle cabin temperature, indoor building temperature, pet fur and paw temperature, UV index, burn time, concrete surface temperature, soil data, air quality, and pollen. Switch between profiles using the popup picker above the table - Basic, Home, Vehicle, Pets, then the <strong>Places</strong>, <strong>Activities</strong>, and <strong>Work</strong> tabs for location, activity, and occupation-specific views. Hover any column header for a plain-language description of what it shows.</p>
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<summary class="faq-q">What do the different profiles and dropdowns show?</summary>
<p class="faq-a">Each profile is a curated set of columns relevant to a different activity or situation.<br><br><strong>Basic</strong> shows the core weather picture: felt temperature, sky conditions, wind, and precipitation.<br><strong>Home</strong> adds indoor building temperature for your selected building type, humidity, and dew point.<br><strong>Vehicle</strong> adds car or motorhome cabin temperature, soil moisture for pitch assessment, and visibility.<br><br>The <strong>Places</strong> dropdown offers Urban, Park/Picnic, Forest/Woodland, Beach, Events, and Airport/Travel (all free), plus Festival (Extra). The <strong>Activities</strong> dropdown includes Dog Walking, Running, and Cycling (free), plus Hiking, Fishing, Sailing, Winter Sports, Photography, and Naturist (Extra). The <strong>Work</strong> dropdown covers outdoor occupations: Farming (free), plus Construction, Market Trading, Window Cleaning, Office, and Driver/Trucker (Extra).<br><br>SunScope Extra also unlocks Temps (a side-by-side temperature comparison), Show All, and Custom, which lets you build a fully custom column layout.</p>
<p class="faq-a">Each profile is a curated set of columns relevant to a different activity or situation.<br><br><strong>Basic</strong> shows the core weather picture: felt temperature, sky conditions, wind, and precipitation.<br><strong>Home</strong> adds indoor building temperature for your selected building type, humidity, and dew point.<br><strong>Vehicle</strong> adds car, truck, or motorhome cabin temperature (with a road-speed selector), soil moisture for pitch assessment, and visibility.<br><strong>Pets</strong> adds fur surface temperature (set your pet's fur colour), paw/pavement burn-risk temperature, and pet-specific shade and home alert thresholds.<br><br>The <strong>Places</strong> dropdown offers Urban, Park/Picnic, Forest/Woodland, Beach, Events, and Airport/Travel (all free), plus Festival (Extra). The <strong>Activities</strong> dropdown includes Dog Walking, Running, and Cycling (free), plus Hiking, Fishing, Sailing, Winter Sports, Photography, and Naturist (Extra). The <strong>Work</strong> dropdown covers outdoor occupations: Farming (free), plus Construction, Market Trading, Window Cleaning, Office, and Driver/Trucker (Extra).<br><br>SunScope Extra also unlocks Temps (a side-by-side temperature comparison), Show All, and Custom, which lets you build a fully custom column layout. The profile and settings picker itself lives in a popup off the nav bar with Common/Places/Activities/Work tabs and inline config selectors.</p>
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<p class="faq-a">When notable weather conditions are forecast - such as a ground frost, strong wind warning, fog, or a heat event - a coloured banner with a brief alert appears above the table. Tapping or clicking the event icon opens a popup with more detail about what the condition means and what to watch out for. Multiple events can appear at once if conditions warrant it.</p>
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<summary class="faq-q">What is the Today at a Glance panel and what does "vs seasonal average" mean?</summary>
<p class="faq-a"><strong>Today at a Glance</strong> is a summary panel above the table that pulls together the 4-5 numbers that matter most for the day and your active profile - peak heat window, rain risk, wind, UV, and similar - so you don't have to scan the full hourly table to get the headline picture. Content adapts to what you're doing: the Farming profile adds sow and harvest advice from a seasonal crop calendar, for example.<br><br>Every profile also shows a <strong>vs seasonal average</strong> comparison: the day's forecast high and 24-hour mean set against the 1991-2020 climate normal for that date and location, calculated from Open-Meteo's historical archive. A gap of 5 degrees or more against the normal high is flagged - an honest anomaly check on top of the raw forecast numbers.</p>
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<summary class="faq-q">Can I see how the sky and weather will look later today?</summary>
<p class="faq-a">Yes. By default the sky scope shows the current moment - the sun position, sky colour, glow intensity, cloud, rain, snow, and haze are all calculated from real forecast data for right now. But you can also travel through the day.<br><br>Press the <strong>Day cycle</strong> play button (▶) on the scope to run a 24-hour time-lapse: SunScope animates the sky and weather smoothly through the next day in about a minute and a half, with a live clock showing the simulated time. Or drag the thumb along the <strong>timeline bar</strong> beneath the scope to scrub to any instant - the bar shows the day's changing sky colours with sunrise (↑) and sunset (↓) markers at their real times. Press play again, or release, to return to now.</p>
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<p class="faq-a">On a sunny day shade can make a very significant difference - often 8 to 12 degrees in UTCI terms - because it removes the direct solar radiation load entirely. However shade does not reduce the air temperature or humidity, so on very humid days you will still feel uncomfortably warm even in full shade.<br><br>SunScope shows the UTCI value for open sun exposure. If you are planning to stay in shade, the felt temperature you actually experience will be noticeably lower than the figure shown.</p>
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<h2>Heat, Vehicles and the Urban Environment</h2>
<h2>Pets, Heat, Vehicles and the Urban Environment</h2>
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<summary class="faq-q">What does the Pets profile show and how does it help keep my pet safe?</summary>
<p class="faq-a">The free <strong>Pets</strong> profile is built for checking outdoor conditions for a cat or dog. <strong>Fur Temp</strong> estimates coat surface temperature in direct sun, calibrated for a thin/short coat rather than a heavily-insulated breed - set your pet's fur colour (Black/Dark, Brown/Tabby, Golden/Tan, White/Pale) since darker coats absorb more solar heat and run hotter.<br><br><strong>Paw Temp</strong> estimates pavement contact temperature colour-coded by burn risk: green below 40 degrees (safe), amber 40-52 degrees (discomfort or possible burn on prolonged contact), red above 52 degrees (can burn within 60 seconds) - the same 7-second hand test applies as for concrete surface temperature. <strong>Pet Shade</strong> and <strong>Pet Home</strong> reuse the shade and indoor models but with lower, pet-specific alert thresholds, since small pets have far less capacity to dump heat than a person.</p>
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<summary class="faq-q">How hot does a car get in the sun?</summary>
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<summary class="faq-q">Does opening car windows reduce the temperature inside?</summary>
<p class="faq-a">Yes, significantly. Open windows allow convective airflow to flush hot cabin air out continuously, reducing heat build-up by roughly 60-80% compared to a sealed vehicle. SunScope Vehicle column has a <strong>Ventilation</strong> toggle that switches the physics model to a ventilated state, showing the estimated cabin temperature with windows open alongside the sealed figure so you can compare both directly.</p>
<p class="faq-a">Yes, significantly. Open windows allow convective airflow to flush hot cabin air out continuously, reducing heat build-up by roughly 60-80% compared to a sealed vehicle. SunScope Vehicle column has a <strong>Ventilation</strong> toggle that switches the physics model to a ventilated state, showing the estimated cabin temperature with windows open alongside the sealed figure so you can compare both directly. A <strong>road speed</strong> selector (Static, Urban 20 mph, A-road 50 mph, Motorway 70 mph) sits alongside it — a moving vehicle sheds heat far faster than one parked and sealed, especially with windows open.</p>
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<summary class="faq-q">How hot does pavement or concrete get in summer?</summary>
<p class="faq-a">Exposed concrete and tarmac can be 15-25 degrees hotter than the surrounding air on a sunny day. Unlike grass they have no evaporative cooling, and their dark colour means they absorb a large fraction of incoming solar radiation. They also radiate that heat back upward, making urban areas feel significantly warmer than open countryside - known as the urban heat island effect.<br><br>The rule of thumb: if you cannot hold your hand on the surface for 7 seconds it is too hot for dog paw pads. SunScope Concrete surface column estimates pavement temperature using an energy-balance model driven by the real solar radiation forecast.</p>
<p class="faq-a">Exposed concrete and tarmac can be 15-25 degrees hotter than the surrounding air on a sunny day. Unlike grass they have no evaporative cooling, and their dark colour means they absorb a large fraction of incoming solar radiation. They also radiate that heat back upward, making urban areas feel significantly warmer than open countryside - known as the urban heat island effect.<br><br>The rule of thumb: if you cannot hold your hand on the surface for 7 seconds it is too hot for dog paw pads. SunScope Concrete surface column estimates pavement temperature using an energy-balance model driven by the real solar radiation forecast. The <strong>Pets</strong> profile shows the same estimate as a dedicated <strong>Paw Temp</strong> column, colour-coded green/amber/red by burn risk (below 40°C, 40-52°C, above 52°C), alongside a <strong>Fur Temp</strong> column for direct-sun coat heating.</p>
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<summary class="faq-q">Is SunScope free?</summary>
<p class="faq-a">The core forecast is free for any location worldwide with no account required. Free includes Basic, Home, Vehicle, the Places variants Urban, Park/Picnic, Forest/Woodland, Beach, Events, and Airport/Travel, the Activities variants Dog Walking, Running, and Cycling, and the Farming view in the Work dropdown.<br><br><strong>SunScope Extra</strong> (2 pounds per month) unlocks 14-day forecasts, the specialist Places variant Festival, the specialist Activities variants Hiking, Fishing, Sailing, Winter Sports, Photography, and Naturist, the Work variants Construction, Market Trading, Window Cleaning, Office, and Driver/Trucker, the Temps comparison profile, Show All, and Custom column control where you choose exactly which columns appear and in what order.</p>
<p class="faq-a">The core forecast is free for any location worldwide with no account required. Free includes Basic, Home, Vehicle, Pets, the Places variants Urban, Park/Picnic, Forest/Woodland, Beach, Events, and Airport/Travel, the Activities variants Dog Walking, Running, and Cycling, and the Farming view in the Work dropdown.<br><br><strong>SunScope Extra</strong> (2 pounds per month) unlocks 14-day forecasts, the specialist Places variant Festival, the specialist Activities variants Hiking, Fishing, Sailing, Winter Sports, Photography, and Naturist, the Work variants Construction, Market Trading, Window Cleaning, Office, and Driver/Trucker, the Temps comparison profile, Show All, and Custom column control where you choose exactly which columns appear and in what order.</p>
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<summary class="faq-q">Does SunScope work outside the UK?</summary>
<p class="faq-a">Yes - SunScope works for any location worldwide. Search for any city, town, or village using the search bar. The indoor temperature model offers seven building types - brick, modern insulated, Victorian terrace, stone cottage, timber frame, top-floor flat, and conservatory - so you can pick the one that best matches your building wherever you are. All other columns (UTCI, vehicle, UV, soil, concrete) are fully location-agnostic.</p>
<p class="faq-a">Yes - SunScope works for any location worldwide. Search for any city, town, or village using the search bar. The indoor temperature model offers eight building types - brick, modern insulated, Victorian terrace, stone cottage, timber frame, top-floor flat, conservatory, and office block - so you can pick the one that best matches your building wherever you are. All other columns (UTCI, vehicle, UV, soil, concrete) are fully location-agnostic.</p>
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