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Western Pacific

15°N, 120°E · Helen Frankenthaler · 2026-09-16

Western Pacific weather art after Helen Frankenthaler
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Creative rationale

Over the warm waters of the Western Pacific near the Philippines, where tropical moisture saturates the air at 77% humidity, gentle precipitation creates pooling conditions perfect for Frankenthaler's stain technique. The moderate wind from the west-northwest guides color bleeds in flowing diagonal movements, while the warm 29.3°C temperature calls for luminous washes of salmon pink and golden ochre that soak outward with soft, organic edges. The moderate pressure gradient creates subtle tilting flows across the canvas, with the substantial precipitation encouraging deep saturated pools of teal and cerulean that spread and overlap in translucent layers.

Atmospheric data

Date
2026-09-16
Location
15°N, 120°E (Western Pacific)
Pressure
1007.6 hPa (gradient: 32.83)
Wind
2.8 m/s from 283°
Temperature
29.3°C (anomaly: 11.8°C)
Humidity
77%
Precipitation
1.2 mm
Visual Interest Score
30.6

Technical details

Model
FLUX.1-dev + custom LoRA (Black Forest Labs)
Artist Inspiration
Helen Frankenthaler
Weather Source
Open-Meteo API (GFS model)
Format
PNG (FLUX.1-dev + custom LoRA)
Generated
2026-09-16T06:03:31.186308+00:00
Run ID
2026-09-16-060044

License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Attribution: James Tannahill / art.jamestannahill.com. No commercial use or derivatives without permission.