Tropical Storm Erin looks to be the first in a line of tropical storms that will impact the continental United States. It is currently making landfall over SE Texas and is expect to make the trip north to Iowa for the weekend! The IEM's exclusive path cast details the projected route and eventual splitting around Ames. Find out more details on the tropics at the National Hurricane Center website.

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Two weeks ago, the IEM was honored to be presented with the 2007 NOAA Environmental Hero award at a ceremony in Washington D.C. . To locally celebrate this event, the IEM was presented with a big cookie on Wednesday! Read the cookie carefully... :)

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Everybody seems to complain about the dreary and drizzly conditions, but nobody does anything about it. The image shown shows the results of a Rogaine-like treatment on the sky. The grey has just melted away.

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The IEM has intercepted Mother Nature's top secret plans with this coming storm system. A northern flank will infiltrate Minnesota while the southern flank storms into Missouri and Kansas leaving Iowa high and dry.

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