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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 07 August 2007

> News
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 | Title : May COOP data uploaded
 | Date  : 07 Aug 11:04 PM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/climodat/
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The quality controlled COOP data for May has been uploaded to 
the IEM data coffers.  The climodat reports have been generated
as well.

New records broken for the month:

                  ________2007________    __2006____
                  MAY  APR  MAR  FEB    JAN    DEC    NOV
Maximum High:      51   48  155    0     53     93     26
Minimum High:       0   78    0  200      3     18    102
Maximum Low:       42   12  187    0    116    315      0
Minimum Low:        5  100    1   49      6      0    135 
Maximum Precip:   109  133   95   80     51    216     79

> Yesterday's Daily Feature

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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-08-07
 | Title : Loaded with water
 | Date  : 07 Aug 06:48 AM
 | Votes : Good: 16   Bad: 10
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The featured map is data taken from the <a href="http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/">North American Mesoscale</a> model analysis for 7 PM last night.  The contoured value is precipitable water shown in inches.  Precipitable water is simply a sumation of cloud water, ice, and water vapor thru the depth a column of air. Values last night were approaching 3 inches, which is well above climatology and is about the largest value we will see in Iowa.  All of this water is then available for thunderstorms to become efficient rainers and some areas of the state found that out last night with locally heavy rains.  Storm chances will continue today and Wednesday with the atmosphere above our heads still loaded with moisture.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 07 Aug 2007

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       3    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm  123   17 |   0     5    13     5     0 |   3
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD


> Network Metrics

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 Iowa ASOS            Reporting Stations: 15  Obs Received: 579
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 Low Air Temp[F]     :  64.94 [11:53 PM] SPW   SPENCER
                     :  64.94 [10:52 PM] EST   ESTHERVILLE
 High Dew Point[F]   :  78.98 [06:53 PM] BRL   BURLINGTON
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  62.96 [11:53 PM] SPW   SPENCER
                     :  62.96 [10:52 PM] EST   ESTHERVILLE
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  41.00 [09:52 PM] CID   CEDAR RAPIDS
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   1.24 [        ] DSM   DES MOINES
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 Iowa AWOS            Reporting Stations: 41  Obs Received: 7241
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 High Air Temp[F]    : 101.00 [04:28 PM] EOK   KEOKUK MUNI
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  64.00 [11:58 PM] SHL   SHELDON
 High Dew Point[F]   :  83.00 [04:37 PM] FFL   FAIRFIELD
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  62.00 [11:58 PM] SHL   SHELDON
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  53.00 [06:48 PM] CSQ   CRESTON
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   1.81 [        ] CSQ   CRESTON
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 Iowa RWIS            Reporting Stations: 55  Obs Received: 7232
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  99.10 [03:01 PM] RLEI4 Leon (I-35)/IA 2)
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  64.20 [11:59 PM] RHAI4 Hanlontown (I-35)
 High Dew Point[F]   :  85.00 [05:14 PM] ROTI4 Ottumwa (US 63)
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  62.80 [11:59 PM] RHAI4 Hanlontown (I-35)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  93.00 [10:38 PM] RTMI4 Tama
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   4.10 [        ] RLEI4 Leon (I-35)/IA 2)
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 KCCI SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 61  Obs Received: 78925
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 High Air Temp[F]    : 101.00 [04:25 PM] SBMI4 Bloomfield
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  65.00 [06:59 PM] SCDI4 Corydon
 High Dew Point[F]   :  90.00 [02:56 PM] SBRI4 Brooklyn
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -35.00 [09:38 PM] SMAI4 Marshalltown
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  53.01 [06:48 PM] SCSI4 Creston
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   3.72 [        ] SMUI4 Murray
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 KIMT SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 23  Obs Received: 31339
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 High Air Temp[F]    : 102.00 [02:19 AM] SRVI4 Riceville
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  66.00 [11:30 PM] SWLM5 Rochester (Willow Creek)
                     :  66.00 [11:43 PM] SBLM5 Albert Lea
                     :  66.00 [11:36 PM] SASM5 Austin
 High Dew Point[F]   :  83.00 [02:19 AM] SRVI4 Riceville
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  61.00 [06:40 PM] SKGM5 Rochester (Kellogg)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  15.00 [03:01 PM] SFCM5 Preston
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.23 [        ] SCCI4 Charles City
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 KELO WeatherNet      Reporting Stations: 37  Obs Received: 19649
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  95.00 [04:25 PM] SGAS2 Garretson
 Low Air Temp[F]     : -27.00 [01:35 PM] SRAS2 Rapid City
 High Dew Point[F]   :  87.00 [02:44 PM] SMSS2 Mission
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -37.00 [03:52 AM] SHII4 Hull
                     : -37.00 [09:59 PM] SWTS2 Watertown
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  39.10 [06:47 PM] SRAS2 Rapid City
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.07 [        ] SRAS2 Rapid City
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 Iowa NWS COOP        Reporting Stations: 115  Obs Received: 548
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  99.00 [        ] RADI4 RATHBUN DAM
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  61.00 [        ] SXGI4 SIOUX CITY ANG
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   4.60 [        ] BEDI4 BEDFORD
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 Misc Stations        Reporting Stations: 5  Obs Received: 1899
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  76.30 [10:59 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  68.60 [04:23 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
 High Dew Point[F]   :  72.00 [10:15 AM] OT0007 ISU Agronomy II
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  40.00 [12:48 PM] RAWDES Desoto
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.01 [        ] OT0006 NE Ames

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