{"id":869,"date":"2017-03-21T09:15:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T15:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mhccturf.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2017-03-21T09:15:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T15:15:58","slug":"on-site-weather-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhccturf.com\/?p=869","title":{"rendered":"On-Site Weather Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently purchased a weather station that tracks weather on property. In the past, we relied on the nearest reliable station, which was a few miles away. Now, we have updated weather data, every 5 seconds, which is occurring on property.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few things that make this seemingly small addition exciting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, the cost of weather station technology has drastically fallen. What was once a common 5 figure purchase for a golf course, now can be purchased for less than a thousand dollars.<\/li>\n<li>Our new station records all the data we need, and it&#8217;s stored online. It can be accessed anywhere, from anyone (including you!), at any time.<\/li>\n<li>We will now have data, including rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind speed, dew points, etc., to assist with making agronomic decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Since the data is uploaded every 5 seconds, and taken on property, the irrigation system can be adjusted or shut off, remotely, if we receive rain during a scheduled run time.<\/li>\n<li>Forecasts are given based off our current conditions and exact location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested, go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherunderground.com\">http:\/\/www.weatherunderground.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search for Midland Hills Turf Dept or our weather station ID: KMNMINNE366 in the search bar on the upper right hand corner of the homepage.<\/li>\n<li>You can also get the Weather Underground App for your mobile device(s) and access the weather station.<\/li>\n<li>Make\u00a0our weather station your saved location so you can check the weather on property, whenever and wherever you are.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-871 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mhccturf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Weather-Station-Homepage.png?resize=1295%2C728\" alt=\"\" width=\"1295\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mhccturf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Weather-Station-Homepage.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mhccturf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Weather-Station-Homepage.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mhccturf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Weather-Station-Homepage.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are still a few kinks to work out. You may notice that the location on the weather underground map is incorrect, but our weather is reporting from our location. Since the station is new, it sometimes goes off-line for a few minutes before it comes back on. All of these details will be corrected over\u00a0time.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy weather, you&#8217;ll enjoy knowing the weather that&#8217;s actually happening on your golf course!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy,<\/p>\n<p>Mike Manthey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently purchased a weather station that tracks weather on property. In the past, we relied on the nearest reliable station, which was a few miles away. Now, we have updated weather data, every 5 seconds, which is occurring on property. 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