Iowa Environmental Mesonet

Iowa State University Department of Agronomy

Plot carbon and radiation flux time series

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Mon Oct 26, 2009
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Too muddy to harvest
26 Oct 2009 05:53 AM
The feature map is a model's estimate of near surface soil moisture content. Our recent stretch of wet weather has left the top soil saturated with water, which prevents harvest machinery from entering the fields. Rain showers are lingering this morning in Iowa with a better chance of rain expected mid-week.
Voting: Good - 51 Bad - 29
Fri Oct 30, 2009
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Rainy Thursdays
30 Oct 2009 06:15 AM
The featured chart is the reported daily rainfall from the Ames Airport for October. The month has been extremely wet with now the third day this month with over an inch of rain. This has previously only happened twice before in Ames for October back in 1931 and 1934. There is some hope in the forecast with mostly dry weather expected for the next week.
Voting: Good - 33 Bad - 15

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