Overview
Plumetric is a product design concept for weather observation journals. Weather hobbyists need to distinguish recorded observations from personal notes while preserving station and time context. The scope connects four activities: station journal, cloud archive, instrument log, monthly study. Each has a dedicated screen, with a panoramic time-series workspace with station selector establishing the visual direction. The work includes interface composition, proposed feature architecture and industry-specific showcase imagery.
Four original weather observation journals interface concepts. Records, technical values and depicted workflows are illustrative.
Challenge
Weather hobbyists need to distinguish recorded observations from personal notes while preserving station and time context. A useful workspace must preserve the connection between the original reference, the selected record and the discussion around a change. Showing more information alone would not resolve that handoff.
- Keep station profiles and observation timestamps connected to the selected work.
- Make maintenance notes visible at the point where decisions are reviewed.
- Retain photo attachments and data provenance through the handoff.
Solution
The design starts with a panoramic time-series workspace with station selector. Inspect illustrative weather observations on a timeline with station metadata. The remaining views separate exploration, coordination and review into layouts suited to their content. A cloud gray, ultramarine and sunrise yellow palette gives the product its own visual identity, while selected-record panels keep details close to the working surface.
- Inspect illustrative weather observations on a timeline with station metadata.
- Browse cloud photographs by observation date and descriptive tags.
- Review instrument records with maintenance notes and reference images.
- Compare illustrative daily observations in a calendar heatmap and notebook.
Results
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