TARIFF-24 round 2: a usable solar forecast replaces the "no weather" x1.5 (AUDIT-02 F1)

With battery modes on, the price gap a mode needs was always widened x1.5 by
Uncertainty.NO_WEATHER, even with a solar forecast read, so a 0.08 day/night
gap never traded at the shipped cycle cost. The doubt is now added only when
no usable forecast is read (solar_fc is None, the day plan's own test), in the
run plan (_price_runs), the charge gate (_mode_roles) and Home's mirror
(homeview.trade_verdict). The rule is one helper, arbitrage.weather_uncertainty();
the modes-off trade path (main.py cycle) keeps its literal NO_WEATHER.

DOCS "Battery modes" sentence, CHANGELOG 0.19.1 line and the DECISIONS note
follow. Tests: test_tariff24_weather.py.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -33,3 +33,32 @@ exactly what the cycle sees without the task.
battery on Solar first. The same cause, and this fix clears it for a site with
a static profile (`test_tariff24.py` part 5). A site with no profile and no
feed still has no prices, and Home still says so.
## Round 2 (AUDIT-02 F1): the forecast replaces the "no weather" doubt
**Decided 2026-10-28 (owner), in the same hotfix.** The price gap a mode needs
was `cycle_cost_threshold_eur` x 1.5 (`Uncertainty.NO_WEATHER`) whether or not
a solar forecast was read. At the shipped cost 0.10 that is 0.15, so a
day/night gap (0.08) and many dynamic days never traded, and the screens said
only "Prices differ too little".
**Why the doubt goes with a forecast.** The widening stands in for not knowing
the weather. The forecast is that knowledge, and the day plan already trusts it
for how much to charge. Trusting it for the plan but doubting it for the gap
was one input judged twice.
**The rule** (`arbitrage.weather_uncertainty()`). With battery modes on and a
usable forecast (`solar_fc` not None, the day plan's own test) the doubt is
not added: the gap needed is the cycle cost, widened by the price product only.
No forecast, or a stale or unusable one: 1.5 x, as before. It is read in three
places that must agree: the run plan (`_price_runs()`), the charge gate
(`_mode_roles()`) and Home's mirror (`homeview.trade_verdict()`). The forecast
is read at most every 60 s and the plan key already holds "forecast or not", so
the gap follows in the cycle the read changes, both ways. A run already under
way is kept to its end (`priceruns.keep_started()`), as for any change.
**Not changed.** Modes off (the site trade) keeps the doubt always. The
shipped cost 0.10 still needs a gap of 0.10 even with a forecast: a 0.08
day/night site must set *Battery cycle cost* to 0.08 or less. Showing the two
numbers on the screens (AUDIT-02 F1 option b) is a separate card.