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<blockquote data-quote="Milieu" data-source="post: 9857697" data-attributes="member: 7041560"><p>I don't think there's a reasonable way to get what you want without being location- (or at least climate type–) specific. But if you have a set of Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter charts for a given location, I think you could tolerably interpolate between seasons without too much extra complication:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Divide each season into 3 months.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">In the first month of the season, roll a d6. On a 1–4, roll on the current season's chart. On a 5–6, roll on the previous season's chart. If the previous day's weather does not appear on the previous season's chart, or you get a result that does not appear on the current season's chart, use the current season's chart instead.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">In the second month, just roll on the current season's chart</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">In the third month, do the same as the first month, except roll on the chart for the upcoming season rather than the previous one.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Special case: When moving from the last day of a season to the first day of the next, it is possible the previous day's weather does not appear on the new season's chart. In this case, roll on the previous season's chart until you get a result that does appear on the new season's chart.</li> </ol><p>You can adjust the probability more smoothly, if you like, so it changes slightly every day rather than sharply on the month boundaries.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't like the cryptic labels, especially that there's a "C" for "Cold" and "C" for "Clear". I'd suggest spelling out "partly cloudy" etc., or using symbols, e.g.,</p><p>☼ sunny</p><p>🌤 partly cloudy</p><p>☁ cloudy</p><p>🌧 rain</p><p>⛈ thunderstorm</p><p>☃ snow</p><p>I would suggest collapsing the cloud cover and precipitation categories. Precipitation will almost always be overcast anyway. Even if you think it's important to preserve the combination of "partly cloudy" and "rain", I'd still suggest giving that it's own label ("scattered showers" or "partly rainy" maybe) rather than listing cloud cover and precipitation separately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Milieu, post: 9857697, member: 7041560"] I don't think there's a reasonable way to get what you want without being location- (or at least climate type–) specific. But if you have a set of Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter charts for a given location, I think you could tolerably interpolate between seasons without too much extra complication: [LIST=1] [*]Divide each season into 3 months. [*]In the first month of the season, roll a d6. On a 1–4, roll on the current season's chart. On a 5–6, roll on the previous season's chart. If the previous day's weather does not appear on the previous season's chart, or you get a result that does not appear on the current season's chart, use the current season's chart instead. [*]In the second month, just roll on the current season's chart [*]In the third month, do the same as the first month, except roll on the chart for the upcoming season rather than the previous one. [*]Special case: When moving from the last day of a season to the first day of the next, it is possible the previous day's weather does not appear on the new season's chart. In this case, roll on the previous season's chart until you get a result that does appear on the new season's chart. [/LIST] You can adjust the probability more smoothly, if you like, so it changes slightly every day rather than sharply on the month boundaries. I don't like the cryptic labels, especially that there's a "C" for "Cold" and "C" for "Clear". I'd suggest spelling out "partly cloudy" etc., or using symbols, e.g., ☼ sunny 🌤 partly cloudy ☁ cloudy 🌧 rain ⛈ thunderstorm ☃ snow I would suggest collapsing the cloud cover and precipitation categories. Precipitation will almost always be overcast anyway. Even if you think it's important to preserve the combination of "partly cloudy" and "rain", I'd still suggest giving that it's own label ("scattered showers" or "partly rainy" maybe) rather than listing cloud cover and precipitation separately. [/QUOTE]
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