All twenty of the Limestone Coast Landscape Board’s Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) are now 5G- providing increased mobile device and connection capacity for landholders wanting to access their free local weather data. The AWS capture and store rainfall, temperature, humidity, global solar radiation and wind speed and direction in real time. They also calculate indicators like dew point, apparent temperature, growing degree days, chill hours, frost and evapotranspiration.
Limestone Coast Landscape Board Manager for Sustainable Landscapes Jason Taylor said “Timely decisions about when to sow and harvest and apply chemical sprays and fertilisers are critical to productivity success. Understanding the weather in real-time aligns the use of resources.”
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