Predictive and historical frost monitoring

Frost prevention starts with preparation. Track current forecasted conditions so you can be prepared when frost strikes.

Know your current orchard conditions: Monitor frost inversion strength, wet-bulb temperature, and dew point in near real-time to advise your frost protection plan.
Know what’s coming next: See a forecast of key frost conditions for the next 24 hours.
Track historical trends: Go back in time and see a historical record of frost conditions on each of your sites.

Frost inversion dashboard on the Semios platform, showing the above and below canopy temperature, and the inversion at an orchard

Stay on top of frost events

Nothing spoils a good night’s sleep like waking up to check on frost. With Semios, you will be automatically notified by your phone when a frost event is happening.

Accurate and on-time updates: Frost alerts are triggered by your in-canopy sensors every ten minutes, so you and your team can reliably respond to changing conditions in the field.
Easily identify areas of risk: Heatmaps show temperature variation across your orchard, so you can pinpoint cold spots.
Customizable alerts: Automatically notify employees by text or email when temperature risk thresholds are met so your team can act fast.

Per-acre temperature heatmap highlights cold spots at an orchard with a frost alert

Altrac wind machine control and automation

Save on fuel, reduce labor costs and take the guesswork out of frost management.

Automate wind machine control: Remotely turn wind machines on and off, set up auto-start, and view wind machine voltage and fuel levels.
Easily spot malfunctions: Identify wind machines that are disconnected or are not running as expected.
Track wind machine activity: Measure the impact of your wind machine activity with temperature tracking and post-frost reports on equipment performance and runtime.
Automatic notifications: Receive alerts for low temperatures, wind machine battery issues, and to know when your wind machines are turned ON/OFF.

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Highlights

Frost monitoring

Historical and 7-day forecasts of frost inversion, wet-bulb temperature, and dew-point temperature
Temperature heatmaps to identify areas of risk

Automated frost event alerts

Get automatic alerts via SMS or email when temperature inversion strength has reached a critical risk
Be notified which blocks are most at risk to prioritize getting to cold spots first