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<p class="profile-name"><a href="./profiles.html">📋 Forecast profiles →</a></p>
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The curated column sets — Basic, Home, Vehicle, Temps, Show All and Custom — plus the Places,
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Activities and Work dropdowns, each tailored to a specific situation.
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The curated column sets — Basic, Home, Vehicle, Pets, Temps, Show All and Custom — plus the
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Places, Activities and Work dropdowns, each tailored to a specific situation.
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<p class="profile-name"><a href="./features.html">🔭 On-screen features →</a></p>
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The sky scope, day-strip weather icons, weather-event banners and popups, and the "What's
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Coming" cosmic events almanac.
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The sky scope, day-strip weather icons, weather-event banners and popups, the "Today at a
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Glance" summary with its seasonal-average comparison, and the "What's Coming" cosmic events
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almanac.
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<tr><td><strong>Soil moisture</strong></td><td>Water saturation of the top 1 cm of soil as a percentage. Above 40% indicates saturated ground; below 20% is dry. Useful for assessing whether ground is workable, and for motorhome or caravan pitch suitability.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Concrete °C</strong></td><td>Estimated temperature of sun-exposed urban paving. Concrete absorbs more solar energy than grass and cannot cool itself through evaporation — surface temps can run 15–25 °C above air temperature on sunny days. See <a href="./temperatures.html">derived temperatures</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Vehicle °C</strong></td><td>Estimated ambient cabin temperature inside a sealed, parked vehicle — adjusted for your chosen vehicle type. Values above 35 °C are dangerous for children and pets; above 45 °C potentially fatal within minutes. See <a href="./temperatures.html">derived temperatures</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Indoors °C</strong></td><td>Estimated temperature inside a building with windows closed and no active cooling. Select your building type from the dropdown — brick, modern insulated, Victorian terrace, stone cottage, timber frame, top-floor flat, or conservatory. Indoor peak typically lags the outdoor peak by 2–4 hours due to thermal mass.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Indoors °C</strong></td><td>Estimated temperature inside a building with windows closed and no active cooling. Select your building type from the dropdown — brick, modern insulated, Victorian terrace, stone cottage, timber frame, top-floor flat, conservatory, or office block. Indoor peak typically lags the outdoor peak by 2–4 hours due to thermal mass.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Managed °C</strong></td><td>The same building model with two interventions: curtains closed by day to block solar gain, and windows opened whenever outdoor air is cooler than inside — the standard UK heatwave advice. Toggle with the Managed tick next to the building dropdown.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Fur Temp °C</strong></td><td>Estimated fur surface temperature a cat or small dog experiences in direct sun, calibrated for a thin/short coat. Choose your pet's fur colour — Black/Dark, Brown/Tabby, Golden/Tan, or White/Pale — from the dropdown; darker coats absorb more solar heat and run hotter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Paw Temp °C</strong></td><td>Estimated ground/pavement surface temperature for paw contact, colour-coded by burn risk: green below 40 °C (safe), amber 40–52 °C (discomfort or possible burn on prolonged contact), red above 52 °C (can burn within 60 seconds). If you can't hold the back of your hand on the surface for 7 seconds, it's too hot to walk your pet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Pet Shade °C</strong></td><td>Shaded air temperature for a resting pet, using the same shade estimate as Shade Air but with a lower, pet-specific alert threshold — small pets have far less capacity to dump heat than humans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Pet Home °C</strong></td><td>Indoor temperature estimate for a pet left home alone, using the same model as the Indoors column but with a lower, pet-specific alert threshold (26 °C) rather than the human heatwave guidance threshold.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Visibility km</strong></td><td>Horizontal visibility in kilometres, sourced from the Copernicus CAMS air quality model. Below 1 km indicates fog or very thick haze; below 10 km suggests mist, smoke, or significant pollution. Relevant for driving, flying, cycling, and photography.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>AQI</strong></td><td>European Air Quality Index (0–100+), combining PM2.5, PM10, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide. 0–20 = Good; 20–40 = Fair; 40–60 = Moderate; 60–80 = Poor; 80–100 = Very Poor; 100+ = Extremely Poor. Sourced from Copernicus CAMS.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Pollen</strong></td><td>Pollen concentration in grains per cubic metre for the selected pollen type — choose from total, grass, birch, alder, mugwort, olive, or ragweed via the dropdown. Sourced from the Copernicus CAMS pollen forecast. Low = <10; Moderate = 10–50; High = 50–200; Very High = 200+.</td></tr>
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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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}},
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{"@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."}}
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{"@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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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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<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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<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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<summary class="faq-q">What does the Pets profile show and how does it help keep my pet safe?</summary>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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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<details class="faq-block">
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<summary class="faq-q">How hot does pavement or concrete get in summer?</summary>
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<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>
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<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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<details class="faq-block">
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<summary class="faq-q">Is SunScope free?</summary>
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<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>
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<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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</details>
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<details class="faq-block">
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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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|
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and cloud category data, so it reflects the real character of the day rather than a generic symbol.
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</p>
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<h2>Profile picker</h2>
|
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<p>
|
||||
The profile and settings picker lives in a popup opened from the nav bar, organised into
|
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<strong>Common</strong>, <strong>Places</strong>, <strong>Activities</strong>, and
|
||||
<strong>Work</strong> tabs. Alongside the profile buttons it holds the relevant config selectors
|
||||
for whatever you've picked — Solar Model, Vehicle type and road speed, Building type, Fur colour,
|
||||
Fitzpatrick skin type for burn time, and Pollen type — all in one place rather than spread across
|
||||
the column bar. The day-tab date strip also adapts to the active profile, showing vehicle, indoor,
|
||||
or pet-relevant highs and lows where appropriate.
|
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</p>
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|
||||
<h2>Today at a Glance</h2>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
A summary panel above the table 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 actually
|
||||
doing: the Farming profile adds sow and harvest advice from a seasonal crop calendar, for example.
|
||||
Every profile also gets a <strong>vs seasonal average</strong> comparison, showing how the day's
|
||||
high and 24-hour mean stack up against the 1991–2020 climate normal for that date and location —
|
||||
an honest anomaly check on top of the raw forecast numbers.
|
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</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Weather event banners and popups</h2>
|
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<p>
|
||||
When notable conditions are forecast — a frost, strong winds, fog, or a heat event — a banner appears
|
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||||
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
|
||||
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
|
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<title>Forecast profiles · SunScope</title>
|
||||
<meta name="description" content="SunScope's forecast profiles — Basic, Home, Vehicle, Temps, Show All and Custom, plus the Places, Activities and Work dropdowns. Each surfaces the columns that matter for your situation." />
|
||||
<meta name="description" content="SunScope's forecast profiles — Basic, Home, Vehicle, Pets, Temps, Show All and Custom, plus the Places, Activities and Work dropdowns. Each surfaces the columns that matter for your situation." />
|
||||
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
|
||||
<link rel="canonical" href="https://sunscope.net/profiles.html" />
|
||||
|
||||
<meta property="og:title" content="Forecast profiles · SunScope" />
|
||||
<meta property="og:description" content="Curated column sets tailored to different activities and use cases — Basic, Home, Vehicle, Temps, Show All, Custom, plus Places, Activities and Work dropdowns." />
|
||||
<meta property="og:description" content="Curated column sets tailored to different activities and use cases — Basic, Home, Vehicle, Pets, Temps, Show All, Custom, plus Places, Activities and Work dropdowns." />
|
||||
<meta property="og:url" content="https://sunscope.net/profiles.html" />
|
||||
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
|
||||
<meta property="og:image" content="https://sunscope.net/og-image.png" />
|
||||
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@
|
||||
SunScope organises its columns into <strong>profiles</strong> — curated sets of data tailored
|
||||
to different activities and use cases. Rather than showing every column at once, each profile
|
||||
surfaces the information that actually matters for that situation. You can switch between
|
||||
<strong>Basic</strong>, <strong>Home</strong> and <strong>Vehicle</strong> using the buttons
|
||||
above the forecast table. Three dropdowns — <strong>Places</strong>, <strong>Activities</strong>
|
||||
and <strong>Work</strong> — give access to a further set of tailored views. The Temps comparison,
|
||||
Show All and Custom column builder are part of SunScope Extra.
|
||||
<strong>Basic</strong>, <strong>Home</strong>, <strong>Vehicle</strong> and <strong>Pets</strong>
|
||||
using the buttons above the forecast table. Three dropdowns — <strong>Places</strong>,
|
||||
<strong>Activities</strong> and <strong>Work</strong> — give access to a further set of tailored
|
||||
views. The Temps comparison, Show All and Custom column builder are part of SunScope Extra.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Core profiles</h2>
|
||||
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
For managing indoor comfort without air conditioning. The <strong>indoor temperature</strong>
|
||||
column is central: select your building type from the dropdown (UK brick, modern insulated,
|
||||
Victorian terrace, stone cottage, timber frame, top-floor flat, or conservatory) and the physics
|
||||
model adjusts for that building's insulation, retained warmth, thermal mass, and glazing. Tick
|
||||
Victorian terrace, stone cottage, timber frame, top-floor flat, conservatory, or office block)
|
||||
and the physics model adjusts for that building's insulation, retained warmth, thermal mass, and
|
||||
glazing. Tick
|
||||
<strong>Managed</strong> to switch to the heatwave-advice model — curtains closed by day to block
|
||||
solar gain, windows opened whenever outdoor air is cooler than inside. Supporting columns include
|
||||
<strong>air temperature</strong>, <strong>relative humidity</strong> and <strong>dew point</strong>
|
||||
@@ -121,9 +122,12 @@
|
||||
Covers the parked and travelling vehicle experience — especially useful for anyone with children
|
||||
or pets, motorhome travellers, and caravan owners. The headline column is
|
||||
<strong>vehicle interior temperature</strong>: a physics-based estimate of how hot the cabin gets
|
||||
when parked and sealed, adjusted for your chosen vehicle type (car, MPV, SUV, motorhome, or
|
||||
caravan). <strong>Wind speed</strong> matters for high-sided vehicles and caravans;
|
||||
<strong>cloud cover</strong> and <strong>air temperature</strong> give context,
|
||||
when parked and sealed, adjusted for your chosen vehicle type (car, MPV, SUV, truck/HGV cab,
|
||||
motorhome, or caravan). A <strong>road speed</strong> selector (static, urban 20 mph, A-road
|
||||
50 mph, or motorway 70 mph) sits alongside the ventilation toggle — forced airflow at speed
|
||||
scrubs heat off the bodywork and, with windows open, flushes the cabin toward outside air much
|
||||
faster than sitting still. <strong>Wind speed</strong> matters for high-sided vehicles and
|
||||
caravans; <strong>cloud cover</strong> and <strong>air temperature</strong> give context,
|
||||
<strong>precipitation</strong> covers driving conditions, <strong>visibility</strong> flags fog,
|
||||
and <strong>SunSoak</strong> tells you what it'll feel like when you step outside.
|
||||
<strong>Soil moisture</strong> is included for motorhome and caravan users — values above 40%
|
||||
@@ -131,6 +135,22 @@
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="profile-block">
|
||||
<p class="profile-name">🐾 Pets</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
Built for anyone checking outdoor conditions for a cat or dog. The headline column is
|
||||
<strong>Fur Temp</strong> — an estimated fur surface temperature in direct sun, calibrated for a
|
||||
thin/short coat rather than a heavily-insulated breed, using a <strong>fur colour</strong>
|
||||
selector (Black/Dark, Brown/Tabby, Golden/Tan, White/Pale) since darker coats absorb more solar
|
||||
heat. <strong>Paw Temp</strong> estimates ground/pavement contact temperature with burn-risk
|
||||
colour coding — green below 40 °C, amber 40–52 °C, red above 52 °C — the same "7-second hand
|
||||
test" rule of thumb applies. <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. Supporting columns include air temperature, wind speed,
|
||||
cloud cover, precipitation, and SunSoak. Pets is a free core profile.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra profiles</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="profile-block">
|
||||
@@ -363,8 +383,9 @@
|
||||
wind speed and direction (safe windows to apply foliar feeds without drift), cloud cover and sun
|
||||
elevation for light levels, SunSoak for heat stress on the person working, precipitation with rain
|
||||
probability, air quality index and pollen, and the three soil columns: surface soil temperature,
|
||||
soil temperature at 6 cm (the root zone for most seedlings), and soil moisture. An "at a glance"
|
||||
panel also surfaces sow and harvest advice from a seasonal crop calendar.
|
||||
soil temperature at 6 cm (the root zone for most seedlings), and soil moisture. The
|
||||
<a href="./features.html">Today at a Glance</a> panel also surfaces sow and harvest advice from
|
||||
a seasonal crop calendar here, on top of the summary items every profile gets.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
+34
-11
@@ -97,14 +97,22 @@
|
||||
directly — which is precisely what makes it so dangerous.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
You can select your vehicle type (car, MPV, SUV, motorhome, or caravan), each with its own albedo,
|
||||
glazing area, and insulation. A <em>Windows open</em> toggle switches to a ventilated model where
|
||||
convective loss is roughly five times higher, dramatically reducing cabin heat build-up. Wind speed
|
||||
has almost no effect on a sealed vehicle and is only factored in when ventilation is enabled. For
|
||||
cars, the figure represents the cabin after roughly 45–60 minutes of parking; motorhomes and caravans
|
||||
are treated as insulated occupied living spaces, so the estimate stays closer to the real
|
||||
living-space temperature on cool or moderate sunny days. Values above 35 °C are shown in amber
|
||||
(dangerous for children and pets); above 45 °C in red (potentially fatal within minutes).
|
||||
You can select your vehicle type (car, MPV, SUV, truck/HGV cab, motorhome, or caravan), each with
|
||||
its own albedo, glazing area, and insulation. A <em>Windows open</em> toggle switches to a
|
||||
ventilated model where convective loss is roughly five times higher, dramatically reducing cabin
|
||||
heat build-up. For cars, the figure represents the cabin after roughly 45–60 minutes of parking;
|
||||
motorhomes and caravans are treated as insulated occupied living spaces, so the estimate stays
|
||||
closer to the real living-space temperature on cool or moderate sunny days. Values above 35 °C are
|
||||
shown in amber (dangerous for children and pets); above 45 °C in red (potentially fatal within
|
||||
minutes).
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
A <strong>road speed</strong> selector — Static, Urban (20 mph), A-road (50 mph), or Motorway
|
||||
(70 mph) — sits alongside the ventilation toggle. Static reproduces the original stationary model;
|
||||
higher speeds add forced airflow that scrubs heat off the bodywork, and when combined with windows
|
||||
open, flush the cabin toward outside air much faster than a parked vehicle. Wind speed itself has
|
||||
almost no effect on a sealed, stationary vehicle and is only meaningfully factored in through
|
||||
ventilation or road speed.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Indoor temperature</h2>
|
||||
@@ -112,9 +120,11 @@
|
||||
The <strong>Indoors</strong> column estimates the temperature inside a building with windows closed
|
||||
and no air conditioning, simulating retained warmth, window solar gain, internal gains, and thermal
|
||||
mass hour by hour. You choose your building type from a dropdown — brick, modern insulated, Victorian
|
||||
terrace, stone cottage, timber frame, top-floor flat, or conservatory — and the physics model adjusts
|
||||
accordingly. Each type has its own insulation level, thermal mass, retained warmth, and glazing, so a
|
||||
stone cottage and a conservatory behave very differently on a hot day.
|
||||
terrace, stone cottage, timber frame, top-floor flat, conservatory, or office block — and the physics
|
||||
model adjusts accordingly. Each type has its own insulation level, thermal mass, retained warmth, and
|
||||
glazing, so a stone cottage and a conservatory behave very differently on a hot day. Office block
|
||||
carries a higher internal gain (people, equipment, lighting) and more glazing than a typical home,
|
||||
reflecting a commercial building rather than a house.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
The model lags toward a realistic hourly target rather than repeatedly adding solar heat, so indoor
|
||||
@@ -142,6 +152,19 @@
|
||||
values above 30 °C are shown in amber, above 40 °C in red.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Pet fur and paw temperatures</h2>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
The <strong>Pets</strong> profile runs two further physics estimates alongside the shade and
|
||||
indoor models. <strong>Fur Temp</strong> estimates the surface temperature of a cat or small dog's
|
||||
coat sitting in direct sun, calibrated for a thin/short coat rather than a heavily-insulated breed.
|
||||
A <strong>fur colour</strong> selector (Black/Dark, Brown/Tabby, Golden/Tan, White/Pale) sets the
|
||||
coat's albedo — darker coats absorb more solar radiation and run hotter, the same principle as
|
||||
Shade Air but applied to fur rather than skin. <strong>Paw Temp</strong> reuses the concrete
|
||||
surface energy-balance model above to estimate ground contact temperature, colour-coded by burn
|
||||
risk instead of the general amber/red thresholds: green below 40 °C, amber 40–52 °C, red above
|
||||
52 °C.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
These columns appear together in the <a href="./profiles.html">Temps profile</a>. For what every
|
||||
column means, see the <a href="./columns.html">column reference</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user