Arctic 70n 20w

arctic-70n-20w weather artwork
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Creative Rationale

Over the Greenland Sea in the high Arctic, where frigid waters meet endless sky, this location experiences a dramatic temperature anomaly of 17.3K warmer than expected, creating atmospheric turbulence that mirrors the conceptual chaos in Tannahill's work. The steep pressure gradient of 23.91 Pa/cell demands dense archaeological layering, while the high humidity of 95% ensures that ghost marks from earlier compositional stages bleed through subsequent paint applications. The near-north wind at 12.4 m/s generates aggressive gestural under-painting that scrapes and scours beneath more contemplative surface work, with light precipitation adding temporal drip marks that suggest the years of reworking inherent in this practice.

Atmospheric Data

Date
2026-04-08
Location
70°N, 20°W (Arctic 70n 20w)
Pressure
998.2 hPa (gradient: 23.91)
Wind
12.4 m/s from 359°
Temperature
-3.7°C (anomaly: 17.3°C)
Humidity
95%
Precipitation
0.2 mm
Visual Interest Score
49.5

Technical Details

Model
Flux 1.1 Pro (Black Forest Labs)
Artist Inspiration
Lesley Tannahill
Weather Source
Open-Meteo API (GFS model)
Format
PNG 8K (Flux 1.1 Pro → Real-ESRGAN 4× → Clarity 2×) + SVG vector interpretation
Generated
2026-04-08T06:11:32.871976+00:00
Compute
AWS Lambda (Python 3.12, 512 MB, us-east-1)
Run ID
2026-04-08-060044
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.

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