Near you

The morning question is not 'which lake is best' but 'which of the ones I can reach'. So the screen opens with a single sentence a person can act on, then puts three picks on a map with the drive drawn to the ramp they would launch from, and sorts everything else by how far it is.

The brief

One sentence a person can act on — where to go, when, and why. It is assembled from the same forecast the lake pages use, so it never says anything the numbers underneath do not.

Today, tomorrow, Saturday

Today and tomorrow are free. The rest of the week is what Plus opens, and the chips say so rather than hiding the days.

The map and the three picks

The route line runs from where the person stands to the ramp they would actually launch from, along real roads. The pins are numbered, the cards below carry the same numbers, so the eye goes from map to card without hunting.

Sorted by how far

Everything else is grouped by drive time — under half an hour, up to an hour, up to three. The question is 'how far', so the list is shaped by the answer.

The score and its reason

Every card carries the score and, next to it, the one thing that decides it: falling pressure, light wind, water still warm. A number without its reason is a verdict; with the reason it is advice.

The header

The location pill opens the choice between the current position, a typed town or a whole state. The bell leads to alerts and carries a dot when something waits there.

When there is nothing

No location — the list sorts by size and says so. A state we have not mapped yet — one honest line and a way to the map, not an empty screen.