function GroupDataManager() {
	var locationx = {};
	var locations =
		[
			{name:'Chicago', n2:'IL'},
			{name:'Minneapolis', n2:'MN'},
			{name:'Tempe', n2:'AZ'},
			{name:'Fargo', n2:'ND'},
			{name:'North Hollywood', n2:'CA'},
			{name:'Los Angeles', n2:'CA'},
			{name:'Huntington Beach'},
			{name:'Las Vegas', n2:'NV'},
			{name:'Honolulu', n2:'HI'},
			{name:'Orlando', n2:'FL'},
			{name:'New York', n2:'NY'},
			{name:'Napa', n2:'CA'},
			{name:'Montego Bay', n2:''},
			{name:'Kona', n2:'HI'},
			{name:'Kalipaki Beach', n2:''},
			{name:'Ixtapa', n2:'MX'}
		]
	;

	checkRefresh();
	setInterval(checkRefresh, 300000);


	// check to see if data needs to be refreshed
  function checkRefresh() {



			// check the expiration

			woeid = location.hasOwnProperty('woeid') ? location.woeid : '';


			// woeid is the id for the location to pull data for
			https://api.weather.com/v3/aggcommon/v2fcstdaily3;v2obs;v3-location-point?geocodes=34.44,-83.00;41.40,-38.19&language=en-US&units=e&format=json&apiKey=yourApiKey
			var url = 'https://api.weather.com/v3/aggcommon/v3-wx-observations-current;v3-location-point?geocodes=41.881832,-87.623177;44.986656,-93.258133;33.427204,-111.939896;46.877186,-96.789803;34.187042,-118.381256;33.660057,-117.998970;36.114647,-115.172813;21.315603,-157.858093;28.538336,-81.379234;43.0,-75.0;&language=en-US&units=e&format=json&apiKey='+ api_key

			pullData(url);

    }

	function pullData(url) {
		var $span;

		// ajax the latest observation
		$.getJSON(url, function(data) {
					data.forEach((locationdata, i) => {
						locationx.data = locationdata;

						if ( !location.hasOwnProperty('woeid') ) {
							locationx.woeid = locationx.data.id;
							$span = $("<span id='" + locationx.woeid + "'></span>").appendTo('#marquee-now');
						} else {
							$span = $('#marquee-now>span#' + locationx.woeid);
						}

						// display the current info
						$span.text(locationx.data['v3-location-point'].location.displayName + ': ' + Math.round(parseInt(locationx.data['v3-wx-observations-current'].temperature)) + ' ' + (locationx.data['v3-wx-observations-current'].wxPhraseLong).toLowerCase());


						// set the expiration date/time
						//location.xdate = dateFns.addMinutes(location.data.lastBuildDate, location.data.ttl);

					});

				});
			};




}
var groupDataManager = new GroupDataManager;