Weather Stations

The weather, as any Head Groundsman, Racecourse Manager or Head Green Keeper knows, is the most important factor affecting to the conditions and maintenance of the sporting surface.

An easily accessible and accurate log of both historic and real time climate conditions enables better informed turf management decisions.

Better informed decisions will eventually result in improvements to the pitch, playing field or course for which you are responsible.

The TurfTrax Weather System creates a precise and unique audit trail of climate conditions for the specific location in which it is sited. Local weather records simply do not provide the same level of detail and accuracy.

Key System Features

Through the website (www.terramet.com) users have the ability to login and check real time and historic weather conditions at their location from anywhere in the world.

As well as the web interface users can be provided with a full monthly summary of weather data.

The weather system is fully automated and needs no manual intervention to empty rain gauges, for example. The weather station is powered by solar energy and communicates using a GSM modem.

TurfTrax will service the weather station every 6 months and will monitor that the weather station is fully operational 365 days/year.

The TurfTrax Weather System has the ability to calculate evapo-transpiration (ET) using the raw data from the station, ET data is a valuable tool for determining irrigation programs.

The TurfTrax Weather System can send SMS text messages (or emails) to warn clients of any adverse or unusual weather condtitions.

A frost alert system has been developed for racecourses. Users are automatically alerted as soon as the temperature drops below a set threshold in the 48 hours prior to racing.