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The west patio that cooks at five

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Forecasts for this spot have come out about 12 points optimistic across 2 rechecks, so estimates here are read down by that much. See what has been tried here.
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When the dining table is open for dinner outside

Each month read on its 15th · 2026
Dinner outside, through the year. The dining table does not open for dinner outside in any month of the year, at the hours this use happens. 0 months open, 12 shut, 0 unanswered.JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0months open
  • Works
  • Tight
  • No
  • Unanswered

Rings run from 3 pm at the centre to 11 pm at the edge.

The dining table does not open for dinner outside in any month of the year, at the hours this use happens.

  • All year: shut for dinner outside. What it feels like stops it in 7 of those months and privacy exposure in most of the rest.

Nothing here opens for dinner outside at any point in the year. What it feels like shuts 7 months and privacy exposure shuts most of the others, so this is two problems rather than one — and a change that fixes either on its own still leaves a shut garden.

The same year as a table
MonthOpenUsable hoursWhat decides it
Januaryshut—What it feels like stops it
Februaryshut—What it feels like stops it
Marchshut—Privacy exposure stops it
Aprilshut—Privacy exposure stops it
Mayshut—Privacy exposure stops it
Juneshut—What it feels like stops it
Julyshut—What it feels like stops it
Augustshut—What it feels like stops it
Septembershut—Privacy exposure stops it
Octobershut—Privacy exposure stops it
Novembershut—What it feels like stops it
Decembershut—What it feels like stops it
The mountainsThe house21.3 ftWest fence5.9 ftNeighbour's house23.6 ftThe maple27.9 ftNeighbour's upstairs windowThe dining tableThe herb planterN16 ft
BuildingNot yoursCanopyShadow nowCan see inProposed

Reading at

7:34 PM·September
September 14 · The dining 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 dining table does not open for dinner outside on this day, and privacy exposure is the reason.

Nothing in September clears what dinner outside needs here.

The same day as a table
The same day hour by hour, in text.
HourSunVerdictConfidenceSun position
12:00 AMdarkNoa starting hypothesis
3:00 AMdarkNoa starting hypothesis
6:00 AMdarkNoa starting hypothesis
7:00 AMin sunNoa starting hypothesis3° up, bearing 88°
8:00 AMin sunNoa starting hypothesis15° up, bearing 98°
9:00 AMin sunNoa starting hypothesis26° up, bearing 109°
10:00 AMin sunNoa starting hypothesis36° up, bearing 121°
11:00 AMin sunNoa starting hypothesis45° up, bearing 137°
12:00 PMin sunNoa starting hypothesis51° up, bearing 157°
1:00 PMin sunNoa starting hypothesis53° up, bearing 182°
2:00 PMshaded by The mapleNoa starting hypothesis51° up, bearing 206°
3:00 PMshaded by The mapleNoa starting hypothesis44° up, bearing 226°
4:00 PMshaded by The mapleNoa starting hypothesis35° up, bearing 241°
5:00 PMin sunNoa starting hypothesis24° up, bearing 253°
6:00 PMin sunNoa starting hypothesis13° up, bearing 263°
7:00 PMshaded by West fenceNoa starting hypothesis1° up, bearing 273°
9:00 PMdarkNoa starting hypothesis

Sit down, eat, and still want to be there ninety minutes later.

Dinner outside

The dining table does not work for dinner outside right now, and privacy exposure is why.

Read down 12 from the model’s 45, on 2 rechecks you recorded at this spot.

  • Privacy exposure is55 over— 100 / 100 against at most 45

    Being watched while you eat is a real reason people stop using a terrace.

Still unanswered:Noise

Confidence low (50%). Treat this as a starting hypothesis, not an answer.

What this answer was built from
  • Use
    Dinner outside
  • Place
    The dining table
  • Weather
    High desert, cold winters, intense sun (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
  • Method
    Traced geometry and radiation at this hour, measured against what this use needs
  • Your rechecks
    Model said 45; 2 rechecks of this spot move it to 33.
    • 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.

    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: Denver (demonstration), with a time zone, which is what makes an hour an hour.
    • Quick Somewhere to read: 2 spots marked. A reading is a height at a place, and moving it moves the answer.
    • Mapped The things in the way: 4 objects drawn. The house counts, and so does the neighbour's.
    • Mapped What is underfoot: 2 of 2 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: 1 observer marked.
    • Measured Heights off a tape: 1 of 4 objects are measured. The remaining 3 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. 1The maple heightTape measureDirect sun ±86

      Measure how tall the maple actually is. A pole and a phone photo is enough.

      The overall verdict does not move, but direct sun changes by 86 points, so it matters for that question specifically.

      Mark it on the plan

      18.1 ft → no 43 · 28 ft → no 45 · 38 ft → no 37

      Currently assuming: 28 ft, entered without measuring. Tested across 18.1 ft to 38 ft.

    What the place is doing at 7:34pm in September

    High desert, cold winters, intense sun (scenario shape).

    What it feels like

    cool

    60.1°F

    Felt temperature · 29 on the reporting scale

    It feels about 7 degrees cooler than the air, near 60°F.

    What is doing it

    • How much sky is overhead

      −2.4°

    • Air movement

      +1.4°
    How this was worked out
  • Air
    67.6°F from High desert, cold winters, intense sun (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
  • Radiant
    46.1°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
    250deg

    • Privacy exposure

    exposed

    73

    out of 100

    Neighbour's upstairs window has a clear line to this seat.

    What is doing it

    • Neighbour's upstairs window

      +73
    How this was worked out
  • Observers
    1 marked
  • Method
    Eye-to-eye rays, then scaled by how much brighter the seat is than the observer's own surroundings

    • Wind

    light

    1.2 mph

    Wind at the seat · 6 on the reporting scale

    Neighbour's house is taking about 47% of the wind off this spot.

    What is doing it

    • Neighbour's house

      −1.1 mph
    How this was worked out
  • Reference
    6.6 mph at 10 m from High desert, cold winters, intense sun (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
  • At seat height
    2.3 mph before shelter
  • Shelter
    47% removed by what stands upwind

    • View

    partly kept

    68

    out of 100

    About 32% of the view worth keeping is already gone from this seat.

    What is doing it

    • The mountains

      +68
    How this was worked out
  • Corridors
    The mountains
  • Method
    Rays sampled across each corridor's angular window

    • Surface heat

    comfortable

    67.6°F

    Surface temperature · 10 on the reporting scale

    The surface is running about 68°F.

    How this was worked out
  • Surface
    Bluestone patio
  • 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 · 16 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

    lit-up

    8.4 lux

    Light on the seat · 73 on the reporting scale

    At this hour the seat is much brighter than the ground the observer is standing on, which is what makes a person read clearly from outside.

    What is doing it

    • Back door light

      +8.4
    How this was worked out
  • Fixtures
    1 placed
  • On the seat
    8.4 lux
  • Spill
    50% 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 house21.3 ft100 per cent solid.
    West fence5.9 ft95 per cent solid.
    Neighbour's house23.6 ft100 per cent solid.
    The maple27.9 ft85 per cent solid, and seasonal.
    Neighbour's upstairs windowopen42.7 ft away, eye height 15.1 ft, 15 degrees above the seat.