Arctic 70n 140e

arctic-70n-140e weather artwork
Download PNG (4K)

Creative Rationale

Over the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska and Canada, in the heart of the Arctic Ocean, extreme atmospheric conditions create a landscape of contradictions. The remarkably high pressure gradient and near-saturated humidity, combined with an unusual temperature anomaly in this frozen realm, inspire layered textures that suggest both the weight of dense air masses and the ethereal quality of ice crystals forming in supersaturated conditions. The gentle wind becomes translated into subtle gestural marks that weave through heavy, textured forms representing the atmospheric pressure, while the temperature anomaly manifests as unexpected warm undertones breaking through predominantly cool arctic palettes.

Atmospheric Data

Date
2026-03-16
Location
70°N, 140°E (Arctic 70n 140e)
Pressure
960.4 hPa (gradient: 13.76)
Wind
2.5 m/s from 233°
Temperature
-22.5°C (anomaly: 35.2°C)
Humidity
98%
Visual Interest Score
32.9

Technical Details

Model
AI (Sonnet 4) via Amazon Bedrock
Artist Inspiration
Lesley Tannahill
Weather Source
Open-Meteo API (GFS model)
Format
SVG (2048×2048 viewBox) + PNG
Generated
2026-03-16T17:33:31.688162+00:00
Compute
AWS Lambda (Python 3.12, 512 MB, us-east-1)
Run ID
2026-03-16-173158
License: This artwork is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Attribution: James Tannahill / art.jamestannahill.com. No commercial use or derivatives without permission.

Daily weather art in your inbox

New generative artworks from real atmospheric data, delivered each morning.