diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb362db..95258d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ disabled, its temperature/heat-rate setpoint controls are inactive.
 ### Forecast vs. actual duration
 
 The GUI's Automatic tab plots two things against the same time axis: a
-*forecast* (dashed) and, once a run starts, the *actual* measured trace
-(solid) overlaid on top of it - a comparison between predicted and real
-control behavior, not just a progress display.
+*forecast* (faded, via alpha) and, once a run starts, the *actual*
+measured trace (solid, full opacity) overlaid on top of it - a comparison
+between predicted and real control behavior, not just a progress display.
 
 The forecast is computed server-side (`components/sud_forecast.py`'s
 `SudForecastEstimator`) by actually running the schedule through a
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ tripped - the controller stays enabled and actively holding throughout
 `WAIT_USER`, so the setpoint is what it was actually converging toward
 during the wait, not a possibly-still-mid-ramp snapshot. The corrected
 forecast is sent in full each time, so the GUI's `SudForecastPlot.
-show_forecast()` simply redraws
-the dashed line outright rather than patching it up itself.
+show_forecast()` simply redraws the (faded) forecast line outright rather
+than patching it up itself.
 
 Comparing the two lines: real-world divergence from the forecast - more
 than a transient blip during a ramp's settling - is worth investigating as
diff --git a/client/brewpi_gui.py b/client/brewpi_gui.py
index ecdca4d..3d37a9a 100755
--- a/client/brewpi_gui.py
+++ b/client/brewpi_gui.py
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ class RealtimePlot(FigureCanvasQTAgg):
 
 class SudForecastPlot(FigureCanvasQTAgg):
 	"""Compares a Sud schedule's actual control behavior (line, solid)
-	against a simulation-based forecast (line_projected, dashed) - the
-	same plant/controller model the real run uses
+	against a simulation-based forecast (line_projected, also solid but
+	faded via alpha - see __init__()) - the same plant/controller model
+	the real run uses
 	(components/sud_forecast.py's SudForecastEstimator - see
 	show_computing()/show_forecast()). The forecast covers the whole
 	schedule from the very first Load, including through any step
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ class SudForecastPlot(FigureCanvasQTAgg):
 
 		self.ax = figure.subplots(1, 1)
 		self.line, = self.ax.plot([], [], '-b', linewidth=1.5, zorder=2)
-		self.line_projected, = self.ax.plot([], [], '--b', linewidth=1.5, alpha=0.5, zorder=2)
+		self.line_projected, = self.ax.plot([], [], '-b', linewidth=1.5, alpha=0.5, zorder=2)
 		self.progress_line = self.ax.axvline(0, color='g', linewidth=1.5, visible=False, zorder=2)
 		# Current temperature - drawn behind (lower zorder than) the
 		# forecast/progress lines so it never covers them.
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ class SudForecastPlot(FigureCanvasQTAgg):
 		self.draw_idle()
 
 	def show_forecast(self, t_min, theta, name, finished):
-		"""The forecast curve (dashed) - computed by the server simulating
+		"""The forecast curve (faded, via alpha) - computed by the server simulating
 		the schedule with its real plant/controller
 		(components/sud_forecast.py) - see Window.on_sud_forecast_
 		received(). Called again, with a corrected t_min/theta, each time
@@ -195,12 +196,12 @@ class SudForecastPlot(FigureCanvasQTAgg):
 
 	def show_dynamic(self, history):
 		"""Updates the actual measured trace (solid) only - the forecast
-		(dashed) is left exactly as show_forecast() last drew it (that's
-		the whole point: an honest, unmoving baseline - see this class's
-		docstring), and the axes stay locked to whatever it set, so
-		divergence between the two is visible rather than auto-hidden by
-		the view rescaling to chase whichever line is currently
-		drawing."""
+		(also solid, but faded via alpha) is left exactly as
+		show_forecast() last drew it (that's the whole point: an honest,
+		unmoving baseline - see this class's docstring), and the axes
+		stay locked to whatever it set, so divergence between the two is
+		visible rather than auto-hidden by the view rescaling to chase
+		whichever line is currently drawing."""
 		hist_t = [t for t, _ in history]
 		hist_theta = [theta for _, theta in history]
 		self.line.set_data(hist_t, hist_theta)