Your outdoor operation needs one system that predicts lightning, detects strikes, and tracks live weather data. The TG360 from Thor Guard combines all three functions inside a single on-site platform. You get earlier warnings, live conditions, and continued operation even when power or internet drops.
Weather safety programs often rely on separate tools for lightning, storms, and heat monitoring. Fragmented systems leave gaps in warning time and force your team to reconcile conflicting data sources. A unified platform closes those gaps and gives your safety leaders one clear picture.
What Does the TG360 Do for Outdoor Weather Safety?
The TG360 is Thor Guard's flagship system that predicts lightning, detects strikes, and captures live weather data. The platform pairs a rooftop electrostatic sensor with an on-site weather station and warning hardware. You get first-strike prediction, instantaneous detection, and heat safety metrics inside one integrated system.
How the TG360 Combines Prediction, Detection, and Weather Data
The TG360 platform brings three functions together that most facilities buy as separate products. Prediction identifies dangerous atmospheric conditions before the first strike lands near your site. Detection confirms strikes in real time, while the weather station tracks temperature, humidity, and wind.
The rooftop sensor samples the atmospheric electrostatic field over 170,000 times per second. When charges build overhead, algorithms convert those readings into a live threat status onscreen. Typical warning times fall between 8 and 20 minutes before that first strike arrives.
Core components of every TG360 installation include:
- Rooftop electrostatic sensor with 170,000+ samples per second and integrated photocells
- ThorServer software running on a preconfigured laptop with UPS battery backup
- Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station capturing temperature, humidity, wind, and rainfall
- Voice of Thor horn and strobe clusters for audible and visual on-site alerts
- ThorMobile, ThorTV dashboards, and the ThorAlert mobile app for remote viewing
Additionally, the TG360 platform continues operating when your power or internet goes down. You stay protected during the exact conditions when external networks tend to fail first.
The Guardian Emergency Notification System runs on the same hardware for non-lightning emergencies. You use one alerting network for storms, active threats, or any other campus incident. Learn more about why arbitrary all-clear timers underperform live prediction inside a unified platform.
What On-Site Weather Data Adds to Your Safety Program
Lightning is only one part of the weather risk facing your outdoor operation. The TG360 weather station captures live data that shapes decisions well beyond storm response. You get temperature, humidity, wind, dewpoint, and rainfall directly from your own facility.
Heat safety has become a growing compliance issue for schools, sports programs, and outdoor employers. According to Franciscan Health athletic training, high humidity can make an 85-degree day feel over 100 degrees. The TG360 calculates heat index and Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) values live on-site.
Many state athletic associations now require WBGT monitoring for outdoor practices and games. According to the California Interscholastic Federation’s Extreme Heat and Air Quality Policy, CIF member schools must follow WBGT-based heat illness prevention protocols. The policy requires schools to use Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) measurements to assess heat stress during athletic activities, helping account for conditions at the specific practice or competition site rather than relying solely on general temperature or heat-index data.
Wind and rainfall data support turf management, irrigation planning, and outdoor event scheduling. In short, you gain a live weather picture built around your actual site.
How the TG360 Fits Different Industries and Operating Environments
The TG360 supports outdoor operations across dozens of industries with very different safety requirements. Golf courses, schools, airports, and military installations use the same core platform. You configure alert thresholds, horn schedules, and notification routing to match your facility.
Golf and athletics use TG360 to protect players, spectators, and grounds crews from developing storms. Schools and colleges layer prediction on top of NCAA-style detection mandates through TG360 Hybrid. The TG360 Hybrid mode keeps compliance intact while adding true first-strike warning capability.
Airports, airlines, and mining operations depend on continuous outdoor work in unforgiving conditions. Ramp closures, blast delays, and pit evacuations all pull revenue and payroll straight off the schedule. Earlier warnings shrink those interruptions to the actual danger window rather than a broad guess.
For mobile or marine work, Nomad and Neptune share the same prediction algorithms in compact form factors. Similarly, construction sites and coastal municipalities gain protection without a full rooftop installation.
Strengthen Your Weather Safety Program Today
Weather safety works best when prediction, detection, and live conditions run on one platform. You reduce warning delays, cut unnecessary downtime, and give your team clearer decision data. Systems built for a decade of field operation deliver value that spreads across many seasons.
Thor Guard has built prediction and warning systems since 1973, with installations across many industries. You can explore our full product line or read why prediction outperforms detection alone. To size a TG360 platform for your facility, reach out to our team for a consultation.
