Room for DramaOutside, Actually.

New York (demonstration)

The screened lanai with no air in it

DemonstrationEdit the plan

When the table is open for working outside

Each month read on its 15th · 2026
Work outside, through the year. The table is open for working outside 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, March to November. It opens at different hours December to February. 12 months open, 0 shut, 0 unanswered.JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12months open
  • Works
  • Tight
  • No
  • Unanswered

Rings run from 7 am at the centre to 7 pm at the edge.

The table is open for working outside 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, March to November. It opens at different hours December to February.

  • December to February: open 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.
  • March to November: open 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.

What it feels like is the commonest thing to end the day for working outside here.

The same year as a table
MonthOpenUsable hoursWhat decides it
January12:00 PM–5:00 PM5 hWhat it feels like closes it
February11:00 AM–5:00 PM6 hWhat it feels like closes it
March9:00 AM–5:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
April9:00 AM–5:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
May9:00 AM–5:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
June9:00 AM–5:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
July9:00 AM–5:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
August9:00 AM–5:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
September9:00 AM–5:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
October9:00 AM–5:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
November9:00 AM–5:00 PM8 hWhat it feels like closes it
December11:00 AM–4:00 PM5 hWhat it feels like closes it
The house15.1 ftLanai roof10.5 ftSouth screen9.5 ftEast screen9.5 ftWest screen9.5 ftThe tableN16 ft
BuildingNot yoursCanopyShadow nowCan see inProposed

Reading at

9:35 PM·September
September 14 · The table

The evidence behind this whole day is thin, so nothing on the strip is marked out as worse than the rest. The shape of the day is still the model’s best reading; the confidence in it is low, and it stays low until something it needs is measured.

The table is open for working outside 12:00 AM to 11:30 PM.

About 23.5 hours in September.

The same day as a table
The same day hour by hour, in text.
HourSunVerdictConfidenceSun position
12:00 AMdarkWorksa starting hypothesis
3:00 AMdarkWorksa starting hypothesis
6:00 AMdarkTighta starting hypothesis
8:00 AMin sunWorksa starting hypothesis11° up, bearing 92°
9:00 AMshaded by Lanai roofWorksa starting hypothesis25° up, bearing 99°
10:00 AMshaded by Lanai roofWorksa starting hypothesis38° up, bearing 107°
11:00 AMshaded by Lanai roofWorksa starting hypothesis50° up, bearing 119°
12:00 PMshaded by Lanai roofWorksa starting hypothesis61° up, bearing 138°
1:00 PMshaded by Lanai roofWorksa starting hypothesis67° up, bearing 169°
2:00 PMshaded by Lanai roofWorksa starting hypothesis65° up, bearing 207°
3:00 PMshaded by Lanai roofWorksa starting hypothesis56° up, bearing 232°
4:00 PMshaded by Lanai roofWorksa starting hypothesis45° up, bearing 247°
5:00 PMshaded by Lanai roofWorksa starting hypothesis32° up, bearing 257°
6:00 PMin sunWorksa starting hypothesis19° up, bearing 264°
7:00 PMin sunWorksa starting hypothesis5° up, bearing 271°
9:00 PMdarkWorksa starting hypothesis

A screen you can actually see, for a couple of hours.

Work outside

The table works for working outside at this hour.

  • What it feels like is inside what this use needs: 63.1°F against 60.8°F to 80.6°F.
  • Glare is inside what this use needs: 0 / 100 against at most 14.
  • Direct sun is inside what this use needs: 0 / 100 against at most 55.
Still unanswered:Noise

Confidence low (53%). Treat this as a starting hypothesis, not an answer.

What this answer was built from
  • Use
    Work outside
  • Place
    The table
  • Weather
    Hot and humid, long cooling season (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
  • Method
    Traced geometry and radiation at this hour, measured against what this use needs
    • Try a changeMake a document

    How well this place is described

    Mapped
    1. Quick
    2. Mapped
    3. Annotated
    4. Measured

    Shade, sky view and daily light are computed from real geometry rather than assumed. This is the rung at which the product starts telling you things you did not already know.

    It cannot answer who can see in, and it cannot tell you whether the heights it is using are the real ones.

    To reach Annotated

    • Photographs of the actual place: None annotated. A photograph is how a drawn height gets checked against a real one.
    • Photographs that know where they were taken from: No photograph has a position and a bearing, so what is marked on them cannot become a measurement.
    • Who can see in: Nobody marked. Privacy is a question about who sees in from where, and the product will not invent one.

    What that buys: The privacy question, and a check on the geometry. Most inferred heights are wrong by enough to matter, and a photograph settles it in a minute.

    Everything that was checked
    • Quick A place on the earth: New York (demonstration), with a time zone, which is what makes an hour an hour.
    • Quick Somewhere to read: 1 spot marked. A reading is a height at a place, and moving it moves the answer.
    • Mapped The things in the way: 5 objects drawn. The house counts, and so does the neighbour's.
    • Mapped What is underfoot: 1 of 1 readings sit on a mapped surface.
    • Mapped Where the property ends: Drawn, so the product can tell you when the cheapest fix stands on someone else's land.
    • Annotated Photographs of the actual place: None annotated. A photograph is how a drawn height gets checked against a real one.
    • Annotated Photographs that know where they were taken from: No photograph has a position and a bearing, so what is marked on them cannot become a measurement.
    • Annotated Who can see in: Nobody marked. Privacy is a question about who sees in from where, and the product will not invent one.
    • Measured Heights off a tape: 4 of 5 objects are measured. The remaining 1 are this product's own inference, so no figure here is a survey figure yet.
    • Measured Something checked against the day: Nothing has been checked against a real afternoon. The model is unopposed, which is not the same as being right.

    What to measure next

    Ranked by how far the answer moves, not by a checklist
    1. 1Who can actually see inSit in the chair

      Sit where you actually sit and look around. Mark the one window or path you can see a person from. Until one exists, privacy is a question we are not answering rather than one that is fine.

      This is not a refinement. Nothing can answer this question until somebody marks it.

      Mark it on the plan

      Currently assuming: nobody is overlooking this. Tested across one confirmed observer changes the whole privacy answer.

    2. 2What you are looking atSit in the chair

      Mark the direction of the view worth keeping. Without it, every screening recommendation is optimising against nothing.

      This is not a refinement. Nothing can answer this question until somebody marks it.

      Mark it on the plan

      Currently assuming: no view is being protected. Tested across one corridor changes what screening is worth doing.

    What the place is doing at 9:35pm in September

    Hot and humid, long cooling season (scenario shape).

    What it feels like

    comfortable

    63.1°F

    Felt temperature · 33 on the reporting scale

    It feels about 14 degrees cooler than the air, near 63°F.

    What is doing it

    • How much sky is overhead

      −17°

    • Air movement

      +0.5°
    How this was worked out
  • Air
    77.4°F from Hot and humid, long cooling season (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
  • Radiant
    41.8°F mean radiant temperature
  • Method
    Six-directional radiation integration, then ASHRAE operative temperature (from a published source)

    • Direct sun

    after dark

    0 W/m²

    Beam reaching this point · 0 on the reporting scale

    The sun is down.

    How this was worked out
  • Sun
    below the horizon
  • Traced
    0% of the beam reaches this point

    • Glare

    none

    0

    out of 100

    Nothing bright is in the line of sight at this hour.

    How this was worked out
  • Facing
    180deg

    • Privacy exposure

    Unanswered

    No observer has been placed yet. Privacy is a question about who can see in from where, and until one is marked there is nothing to answer.

    Wind

    still

    0.7 mph

    Wind at the seat · 4 on the reporting scale

    South screen is taking about 60% of the wind off this spot.

    What is doing it

    • South screen

      −0.9 mph

    • Lanai roof

      −0.5 mph
    How this was worked out
  • Reference
    5.5 mph at 10 m from Hot and humid, long cooling season (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
  • At seat height
    1.9 mph before shelter
  • Shelter
    60% removed by what stands upwind

    • View

    Unanswered

    No view worth keeping has been marked, so there is nothing to weigh a screen against yet.

    Surface heat

    comfortable

    77.4°F

    Surface temperature · 20 on the reporting scale

    The surface is running about 77°F.

    How this was worked out
  • Surface
    Lanai floor
  • Method
    Absorbed shortwave against air temperature, flattened by air movement (from a published source)

    • Wetness

    dries-fast

    1.2 x

    Drying time against the open · 0 on the reporting scale

    Still air here; moving air does a surprising amount of the drying.

    How this was worked out
  • Drying rate
    0.000 in/hour here
  • Method
    Penman combination equation on the radiation and air actually reaching this spot (from a published source)

    • Light after dark

    contained

    31.1 lux

    Light on the seat · 12 on the reporting scale

    Light is on, and nobody has been marked who could see it.

    What is doing it

    • Fan light

      +31
    How this was worked out
  • Fixtures
    1 placed
  • On the seat
    31.1 lux
  • Spill
    22% of output leaves sideways or upward

    • Ask something else about this place

    Who can see me?

    The sightline, the smallest screen that closes it, and what it costs you in view.

    What grows here?

    Usable light across a day, not the label on the tag.

    I already own this. Where should it go?

    The same reasoning backwards: every spot you have marked, ranked for one plant.

    What survives here?

    What this exposure does to the things you leave out.

    Dinner outside tonight?

    The forecast, read against this specific seat.

    What changes through the year?

    The same layout in May, August and October.

    What changes after dark?

    Light, glare and who can see in once the sun has gone.

    Everything on the plan, in text
    ThingReadingNote
    The house15.1 ft100 per cent solid.
    Lanai roof10.5 ft90 per cent solid.
    South screen9.5 ft35 per cent solid.
    East screen9.5 ft35 per cent solid.
    West screen9.5 ft35 per cent solid.