cloud cover

src/lib/charts/CanvasChart.svelte

@@ -62,8 +62,14 @@
 		labelExtrema?: boolean;
 		/** Formatter for extrema labels (defaults to the tooltip format) */
 		labelFormat?: (value: number) => string;
-		/** Render as a puffy cloud band hanging from the top instead of a line */
+		/** Render as a soft cloud band instead of a line (see `cloudLayer`) */
 		cloudBand?: boolean;
+		/**
+		 * Which slot a cloud band occupies. Omitted (total cover) hangs from the
+		 * top of the plot; the named layers stack in their real vertical order,
+		 * each in its own slot, so a layered chart reads like the sky itself.
+		 */
+		cloudLayer?: 'high' | 'mid' | 'low';
 	}
 
 	interface GroupState {
@@ -229,8 +235,13 @@
 	// edge inset used for BOTH rows so pictograms and arrows clamp to the same
 	// centre and stay aligned with each other
 	const ICON_EDGE = ARROW_PX / 2;
-	// Puffy cloud band: 100% cover hangs 40px from the top of the plot
-	const CLOUD_BAND_MAX = 40;
+	// Total cloud cover: 100% reaches this far down from the top of the plot.
+	const CLOUD_BAND_MAX = 48;
+	// Layered cover (high / mid / low): each layer owns a slot of this height and
+	// grows symmetrically out of the centre line of that slot.
+	const CLOUD_LAYER_H = 42;
+	const CLOUD_LAYER_GAP = 6;
+	const CLOUD_LAYER_ORDER = ['high', 'mid', 'low'] as const;
 
 	/** Return a colour string with the given alpha (handles rgb/rgba/#hex). */
 	function withAlpha(color: string, alpha: number): string {
@@ -256,6 +267,83 @@
 		return color;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Light [1 2 1] smoothing pass. Cloud cover is noisy hour to hour; smoothing
+	 * the values before interpolating gives the band a slow, rolling silhouette
+	 * instead of one that tracks every single sample.
+	 */
+	function smoothCover(values: number[], passes = 2): number[] {
+		let out = values;
+		for (let p = 0; p < passes; p++) {
+			const next = new Array<number>(out.length);
+			for (let i = 0; i < out.length; i++) {
+				const prev = out[i - 1] ?? out[i];
+				const nxt = out[i + 1] ?? out[i];
+				next[i] = (prev + 2 * out[i] + nxt) / 4;
+			}
+			out = next;
+		}
+		return out;
+	}
+
+	/** Vertical offset of a cloud series' slot from the top of the plot. */
+	function cloudSlotOffset(s: ChartSeries): number {
+		if (!s.cloudLayer) return 0;
+		return CLOUD_LAYER_ORDER.indexOf(s.cloudLayer) * (CLOUD_LAYER_H + CLOUD_LAYER_GAP);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Traces a monotone cubic (Fritsch-Carlson) curve through the points. Unlike a
+	 * plain Catmull-Rom spline it never overshoots the data, so a cloud band can't
+	 * bulge past 0% or 100% between two samples.
+	 */
+	function traceMonotone(
+		ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+		pts: Array<[number, number]>,
+		continuePath = false
+	): void {
+		const n = pts.length;
+		if (!continuePath) ctx.moveTo(pts[0][0], pts[0][1]);
+		if (n === 2) {
+			ctx.lineTo(pts[1][0], pts[1][1]);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// secant slopes, then tangents averaged from the neighbouring secants
+		const slope: number[] = [];
+		for (let i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
+			const dx = pts[i + 1][0] - pts[i][0];
+			slope.push(dx === 0 ? 0 : (pts[i + 1][1] - pts[i][1]) / dx);
+		}
+		const m: number[] = [slope[0]];
+		for (let i = 1; i < n - 1; i++) m.push((slope[i - 1] + slope[i]) / 2);
+		m.push(slope[n - 2]);
+
+		// clamp the tangents back onto the monotone circle of radius 3
+		for (let i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
+			if (slope[i] === 0) {
+				m[i] = 0;
+				m[i + 1] = 0;
+				continue;
+			}
+			const a = m[i] / slope[i];
+			const b = m[i + 1] / slope[i];
+			const h = a * a + b * b;
+			if (h > 9) {
+				const t = 3 / Math.sqrt(h);
+				m[i] = t * a * slope[i];
+				m[i + 1] = t * b * slope[i];
+			}
+		}
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
+			const [x0, y0] = pts[i];
+			const [x1, y1] = pts[i + 1];
+			const dx = (x1 - x0) / 3;
+			ctx.bezierCurveTo(x0 + dx, y0 + m[i] * dx, x1 - dx, y1 - m[i + 1] * dx, x1, y1);
+		}
+	}
+
 	// ─── State ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 	let containerEl: HTMLDivElement | undefined = $state();
@@ -934,23 +1022,101 @@
 
 		const interval = timestamps.length > 1 ? timestamps[1] - timestamps[0] : HOUR;
 
-		// Puffy cloud band: overlapping circles hang from the top of the plot,
-		// each reaching down by (cover/100) × CLOUD_BAND_MAX. Neighbouring puffs
-		// merge into a soft, rounded silhouette.
+		// Cloud bands: cover drives how far the band reaches into its slot, traced
+		// as a monotone-interpolated curve so the silhouette flows instead of
+		// stepping hour to hour. Both gradients run from near-transparent at the
+		// anchor to solid at full cover, so a 10% sky barely registers while an
+		// overcast one is unmistakable.
+		//
+		//  * total cover hangs from the top of the plot
+		//  * high / mid / low each grow symmetrically out of their slot's centre
+		//    line, stacked in the order the layers actually sit in the sky
 		for (const s of cloudBandSeries) {
-			ctx.save();
-			ctx.fillStyle = s.color;
-			ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
+			const slotTop = padTop + cloudSlotOffset(s);
+			const layered = s.cloudLayer != null;
+			const slotH = layered ? CLOUD_LAYER_H : CLOUD_BAND_MAX;
+			const centre = slotTop + slotH / 2;
+
+			// Samples just outside the viewport are kept so the curve enters and
+			// leaves the plot at the right slope.
+			const xs: number[] = [];
+			const covers: number[] = [];
 			for (let i = 0; i < timestamps.length; i++) {
-				const v = s.data[i];
-				if (v === null || v === undefined || !isFinite(v) || v <= 0) continue;
 				const t = timestamps[i];
-				if (t < viewStart - interval || t > viewEnd + interval) continue;
-				const r = (Math.min(100, v) / 100) * CLOUD_BAND_MAX;
-				if (r < 1) continue;
+				if (t < viewStart - interval * 2 || t > viewEnd + interval * 2) continue;
+				const v = s.data[i];
+				xs.push(xPix(t));
+				covers.push(
+					v === null || v === undefined || !isFinite(v) ? 0 : Math.min(100, Math.max(0, v))
+				);
+			}
+			if (xs.length < 2) continue;
+
+			const smoothed = smoothCover(covers);
+			const top: Array<[number, number]> = [];
+			const bottom: Array<[number, number]> = [];
+			for (let i = 0; i < xs.length; i++) {
+				const frac = smoothed[i] / 100;
+				if (layered) {
+					const half = frac * (slotH / 2);
+					top.push([xs[i], centre - half]);
+					bottom.push([xs[i], centre + half]);
+				} else {
+					top.push([xs[i], slotTop]);
+					bottom.push([xs[i], slotTop + frac * slotH]);
+				}
+			}
+
+			// The gradient runs ALONG the series rather than top-to-bottom: every
+			// sample contributes a stop at its own x, so the band's density tracks
+			// the cover itself - a clear spell dissolves, an overcast one goes
+			// solid - and the fade always lines up with the silhouette above it.
+			const first = xs[0];
+			const span = xs[xs.length - 1] - first || 1;
+			const base = layered ? 0.08 : 0.05;
+			const peak = layered ? 0.92 : 0.68;
+			// Total cover ramps up late: a broken sky stays nearly clear on the
+			// plot and the density only really builds as it closes over.
+			const curve = layered ? 1 : 2.2;
+			const fill = ctx.createLinearGradient(first, 0, xs[xs.length - 1], 0);
+			// The edge follows the same values but starts later still: below a
+			// fifth of the sky there is no silhouette to draw at all.
+			const EDGE_FLOOR = 20;
+			const edge = layered ? null : ctx.createLinearGradient(first, 0, xs[xs.length - 1], 0);
+			for (let i = 0; i < xs.length; i++) {
+				const pos = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (xs[i] - first) / span));
+				const cover = smoothed[i];
+				fill.addColorStop(pos, withAlpha(s.color, base + (peak - base) * Math.pow(cover / 100, curve)));
+				if (edge) {
+					const above = Math.max(0, (cover - EDGE_FLOOR) / (100 - EDGE_FLOOR));
+					edge.addColorStop(pos, withAlpha(s.color, 0.85 * Math.pow(above, 1.6)));
+				}
+			}
+
+			ctx.save();
+			ctx.beginPath();
+			traceMonotone(ctx, bottom);
+			if (layered) {
+				// back along the mirrored upper edge
+				ctx.lineTo(top[top.length - 1][0], top[top.length - 1][1]);
+				traceMonotone(ctx, [...top].reverse(), true);
+			} else {
+				ctx.lineTo(bottom[bottom.length - 1][0], slotTop);
+				ctx.lineTo(bottom[0][0], slotTop);
+			}
+			ctx.closePath();
+			ctx.fillStyle = fill;
+			ctx.fill();
+
+			// The layers are gradient only - an outline would fight the soft mass
+			// they are meant to look like.
+			if (edge) {
 				ctx.beginPath();
-				ctx.arc(xPix(t), padTop, r, 0, Math.PI * 2);
-				ctx.fill();
+				traceMonotone(ctx, bottom);
+				ctx.strokeStyle = edge;
+				ctx.lineWidth = 1.25;
+				ctx.lineJoin = 'round';
+				ctx.stroke();
 			}
 			ctx.restore();
 		}

src/routes/weather/week/[location]/DailyStripSticky.svelte

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 							     Both stay perfectly centered when compact (the night icon melts
 							     away and the day icon re-centers on its own); when full, small
 							     k-driven nudges line each temp up under its icon. -->
-							<div class="flex w-full items-center justify-center">
+							<div class="icon-row flex w-full items-center justify-center">
 								<div class="icon-wrap">
 									<svg class="day-icon fill-foreground">
 										<use
@@ -413,9 +413,11 @@
 	.sentinel,
 	.daystrip {
 		--cell-w-full: 76px;
-		--cell-w-min: 58px;
 		--cell-h-full: 140px;
 		--cell-h-min: 64px;
+		/* collapsed cells are square: the width follows the compact height, so the
+		   docked bar reads as a row of tiles instead of narrow slivers */
+		--cell-w-min: var(--cell-h-min);
 		--icon-full: 44px;
 		--icon-min: 21px;
 		--pt-full: 7px;
@@ -439,9 +441,18 @@
 		/* full state only: nudge each temp to sit under "its" icon */
 		--tmax-nudge: 0px;
 		--tmin-nudge: 5px;
-		/* cell bottom padding (roomy when full, tight when compact) */
+		/* full state only: gap above the icons, and the day / night icon offsets
+		   that tighten the pair around the cell centre */
+		--icon-gap-full: 2px;
+		--day-icon-nudge: 2px;
+		--night-icon-nudge: 4px;
+		/* compact only: signed shift that lands the lone icon dead centre in the
+		   square tile (measured against the tile's mid-line) */
+		--icon-lift: -1px;
+		/* cell bottom padding (roomy when full, a little breathing room under the
+		   temps when compact so they don't sit on the tile edge) */
 		--pb-full: 6px;
-		--pb-min: 6px;
+		--pb-min: 8px;
 		/* extra scrub distance beyond the height difference — slows the collapse
 		   down; the surplus just slides content under the (opaque) bar */
 		--collapse-extra: 0px;
@@ -460,7 +471,6 @@
 		.daystrip {
 			--cell-w-full: 120px;
 			--cell-h-full: 208px;
-			--cell-w-min: 64px;
 			--cell-h-min: 56px;
 			--icon-full: 80px;
 			--icon-min: 22px;
@@ -476,8 +486,11 @@
 			--tmax-padx-full: 12px;
 			--tmax-nudge: 0px;
 			--tmin-nudge: 8px;
+			--icon-gap-full: 6px;
+			--day-icon-nudge: 3px;
+			--night-icon-nudge: 6px;
 			--pb-full: 10px;
-			--pb-min: 2px;
+			--pb-min: 5px;
 			--collapse-extra: 60px;
 		}
 		.daystrip {
@@ -652,6 +665,10 @@
 		width: var(--cell-w);
 		padding-top: var(--pt);
 		padding-bottom: calc(var(--pb-min) + (var(--pb-full) - var(--pb-min)) * var(--k));
+		/* The collapsed rows that shrink to zero height still paid for their flex
+		   gap, which pushed the temps onto the tile's bottom edge. Fading the gap
+		   out with the collapse gives that space back as real bottom padding. */
+		row-gap: calc(2px * var(--k));
 	}
 	/* Side buttons keep the compact width in BOTH states, so almost nothing to
 	   the left of the first day changes size during the collapse — the first
@@ -659,6 +676,13 @@
 	.strip-side {
 		width: var(--cell-w-min);
 	}
+	.icon-row {
+		/* full: keep the icons off the weekday / date block above them.
+		   compact: the icon is the only thing between the two text rows, so lift
+		   it to sit optically dead centre in the square tile. */
+		margin-top: calc(var(--icon-gap-full) * var(--k));
+		transform: translateY(calc(-1 * var(--icon-lift) * (1 - var(--k))));
+	}
 	.icon-wrap {
 		/* tuck the icon into its line box: the glyphs carry generous built-in
 		   padding, so pulling the neighbours in keeps the cells tight */
@@ -668,6 +692,8 @@
 		display: block;
 		width: var(--icon);
 		height: var(--icon);
+		/* full only: settle the pair a touch right of centre */
+		transform: translateX(calc(var(--day-icon-nudge) * var(--k)));
 	}
 	/* The night icon sits beside the day icon (slightly low, like a companion)
 	   and melts away completely when compact so the day icon re-centers. */
@@ -678,6 +704,7 @@
 		opacity: var(--rel);
 		margin-left: calc(-4px * var(--rel));
 		margin-bottom: calc(6px * var(--rel));
+		transform: translateX(calc(-1 * var(--night-icon-nudge) * var(--k)));
 	}
 	/* weekday centered when full, pushed to the edges when compact */
 	.dow-row {

src/routes/weather/week/[location]/variables.ts

@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ export interface ChartVariableDef {
 	windArrows?: boolean;
 	/** Marker-only variable (icons / arrows): contributes no plotted series */
 	marker?: boolean;
-	/** Render as a puffy cloud band hanging from the top (0-100 → 0-40px) */
+	/** Render as a soft cloud band instead of a line */
 	cloudBand?: boolean;
+	/** Which slot the band occupies; omitted hangs from the top (total cover) */
+	cloudLayer?: 'high' | 'mid' | 'low';
 	/** Transform raw values before plotting (e.g. m → km) */
 	transform?: (v: number) => number;
 	/** Preset range to use when this variable lands on a shared right axis */
@@ -121,6 +123,9 @@ export const CHART_VARIABLES: ChartVariableDef[] = [
 		color: 'rgb(150, 155, 165)',
 		cloudBand: true
 	},
+	// The three layers stack in their real vertical order (high at the top of the
+	// plot, low at the bottom of the band group) and darken towards the ground,
+	// the way the layers actually look from below.
 	{
 		key: 'cloud_cover_low',
 		label: 'Cloud Cover Low',
@@ -128,8 +133,9 @@ export const CHART_VARIABLES: ChartVariableDef[] = [
 		field: 'cloud_cover_low',
 		type: 'line',
 		kind: 'percent',
-		color: '#94a3b8',
-		width: 2
+		color: 'rgb(110, 118, 132)',
+		cloudBand: true,
+		cloudLayer: 'low'
 	},
 	{
 		key: 'cloud_cover_mid',
@@ -138,8 +144,9 @@ export const CHART_VARIABLES: ChartVariableDef[] = [
 		field: 'cloud_cover_mid',
 		type: 'line',
 		kind: 'percent',
-		color: '#64748b',
-		width: 2
+		color: 'rgb(148, 156, 170)',
+		cloudBand: true,
+		cloudLayer: 'mid'
 	},
 	{
 		key: 'cloud_cover_high',
@@ -148,8 +155,9 @@ export const CHART_VARIABLES: ChartVariableDef[] = [
 		field: 'cloud_cover_high',
 		type: 'line',
 		kind: 'percent',
-		color: '#cbd5e1',
-		width: 2
+		color: 'rgb(186, 194, 208)',
+		cloudBand: true,
+		cloudLayer: 'high'
 	},
 	{
 		key: 'precipitation',
@@ -475,6 +483,7 @@ export function buildPanelDef(
 			dashed: d.dashed,
 			axis,
 			cloudBand: d.cloudBand,
+			cloudLayer: d.cloudLayer,
 			segmentColor: d.colorScale ? (v: number) => getColor(v, units.temperature_unit) : undefined,
 			foregroundLine: d.foregroundLine,
 			outline: d.outline,