HOURLY Water Temperatures Now Available

[Ben Gillispie]

Hi guys and gals, 

Just letting you guys know that my site Table Rock Temperatures now has automatically updating temperature readings from (6) six sensors around Table Rock Lake with more on the way. These update every HOUR. Yes, every hour. 

Table Rock is a lake that can be so different from one area to the next, so I tried to get the main areas that, in my mind, represent different environments of the lake.

There are temperature sensors at:

Cricket Creek Marina

State Park Marina

Indian Point Marina

Cape Fair Marina

Kings River Marina

Holiday Island Marina

Next on the list is Long Creek Marina and Big M Marina. 

Apologies for any of you that may have begun to rely on my weekly updates as I have not been doing them for some time. I have been busy driving these Ozark hills, getting the OK from marina operators, getting blank stares from the Corps of Engineers, installing sensor equipment after hours, probably breathing too much solder smoke, and pecking away intently at the keyboard. 

I posted the original video about this project on 3 December, 2015 and haven't stopped since! Hope it serves you well. 

I've got another trick up my sleeve that I'll get up and live soon...it is a real treat. I'm grinning just thinking about it

I promise it won't take six months!

Ben

 

 

[bobby b.]

Ben, 

Excellent 

Thanks

Bobby

[96 CHAMP]

Ben, your generosity is above & beyond the call of duty, Thank you much

[dtrs5kprs]

Just had the notice pop through on my phone. Good stuff.

[abkeenan]

Very cool.

[Nitro 750]

Great Job!!!!

[m&m]

Ben, thanks for the information. 

Mike

[Quillback]

Thanks!

[Champ188]

This is just incredible stuff, Ben. There's nothing like it anywhere that I know of. Gonna be a HUGE help in the cold months and since it's available, we may begin to see some corrolation (beyond the thermocline) between water temp and fish activity in the warmer months, as well.

[vernon]

Wow.  What an effort!  Thank you so much.  As a COE retiree (KC District) I can certainly relate to the "blank stare" comment.  There were times I felt certain that we invented the entire concept.  And, we certainly provided considerable encouragement for the "forgiveness vs. permission" approach.  A lot of really good people doing a lot of really good things, but, man, the bureaucracy!  

Going forward I gotta think that this data will be useful to analyze and forecast fish movements and lake conditions in ways that weren't possible in the past.  Can't wait for the next surprise!

Thanks again Ben!