From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sat Dec 1 11:01:05 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Sat Dec 1 11:01:15 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712011701.lB1H15hx024228@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 30 November 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-11-30 | Title : Watching for winter | Date : 30 Nov 07:18 AM | Votes : Good: 15 Bad: 7 +---------------------------------------------- The featured image is a summary of NWS issued alerts showing most of the upper midwest under a winter storm watch for this weekend. A major storm is expected to impact Iowa starting early on Saturday with all forms of winter weather possible. The IEM has a number of applications to help you keep track of the winter weather:

IEM Freeze monitors road pavement temperatures
Road Conditions
RADAR imagery

Have a safe weekend. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 30 Nov 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sun Dec 2 11:01:02 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Sun Dec 2 11:01:06 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712021701.lB2H12Xb008946@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 01 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 01 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Mon Dec 3 11:01:03 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Mon Dec 3 11:01:07 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712031701.lB3H139W030498@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 02 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 02 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Tue Dec 4 11:01:03 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Tue Dec 4 11:01:08 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712041701.lB4H13u9022587@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 03 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-03 | Title : A wild weekend | Date : 03 Dec 06:34 AM | Votes : Good: 21 Bad: 5 +---------------------------------------------- The weather this past weekend was a wild ride with snow, rain, freezing rain, sleet and even thunder reported in the state. Temperatures started on Saturday below freezing with snow and sleet changing over to freezing rain and then rain. A surge of warm air rushed into the state Saturday night melting much of the frozen ice and snow, but quickly refroze by Sunday morning as very cold air was ushered in by a cold front. Temperatures then cooled off into the teens and single digits Sunday night to where we are this fine Monday morning. What a weekend! > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 03 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Wed Dec 5 11:01:04 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Wed Dec 5 11:01:10 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712051701.lB5H14Jb023140@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 04 December 2007 > News +---------------------------------------------- | Title : November ASOS data uploaded | Date : 05 Dec 09:06 AM | Author: Daryl Herzmann | URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/asos/1min.phtml +---------------------------------------------- The 1 minute interval data from the Iowa ASOS network has been uploaded to the IEM data coffers. One thing to note: Clinton and Fort Dodge are classified as Non-Federal ASOS sites, so I don't know of a way to get 1 minute data from those sites. > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-04 | Title : All trending lower | Date : 04 Dec 07:27 AM | Votes : Good: 15 Bad: 1 +---------------------------------------------- You will want to click the featured image to get a better look. If you do, you will see a plot of daily average 4 inch soil temps, solar radiation, and climatologies for both variables for the last 60 days. The daylight length continues to get shorter and the solar incidence angle decreases each day. Both factors contribute to declining soil temperatures and descreasing solar input received at the ground surface. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 04 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Thu Dec 6 11:01:02 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Thu Dec 6 11:01:10 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712061701.lB6H12Gv026783@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 05 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-05 | Title : Look out, more snow! | Date : 05 Dec 07:09 AM | Votes : Good: 22 Bad: 4 +---------------------------------------------- The featured image is of snowfall probabilities of over 4 inches on Thursday as issued by the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. As you can see, most of Iowa is outlined in a moderate chance. I think that most of us would take the snowfall without the freezing rain and sleet this time, which is the going forecast as temperature profiles will be cold enough to keep it all snow. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 05 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Fri Dec 7 11:01:02 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Fri Dec 7 11:01:09 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712071701.lB7H12bM012034@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 06 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-06 | Title : 3 storms in 1 week | Date : 06 Dec 12:00 AM | Votes : Good: 40 Bad: 11 +---------------------------------------------- The featured image is taken from the BUFKIT program. BUFKIT is a model forecast profile visualization and analysis tool kit developed by the staff at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Buffalo and the Warning Decision Training Branch (WDTB) in Norman, OK. It can be used to look at model soundings for many sites across Iowa and the country. The image is from the GFS model sounding for Des Moines. It shows chances of snow off and on all the way through Tuesday with some sleet forecasted on Saturday! If you are interested with using BUFKIT, check out Chris Karsten's awesome The BUFKIT Warehouse site. Also, did you know that the IEM maintains a BUFKIT archive for sites in and around Iowa since 2006? > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 06 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sat Dec 8 11:01:04 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Sat Dec 8 11:01:10 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712081701.lB8H14UH007933@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 07 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-07 | Title : Snow going to stick around? | Date : 07 Dec 07:35 AM | Votes : Good: 27 Bad: 6 +---------------------------------------------- The featured chart plots daily high temperature distributions for days on and after a 4 inch+ snowfall grouped by December and February. The chart is an indirect attempt to evaluate how common above freezing air temperatures are after a significant snowfall. The first thing you may notice is the sharply lower and less variable temperature distribution that happens the immediate next day after a snowfall. This is due to the common cycling of low and high pressure systems, so the day after a snowfall is often characterized by a high pressure system that clears out the skies allowing maximum heat loss at night and a cold air mass during the day. The daily means are connected by the blue line which shows the impact of climatology as daily temperatures are warming in February, while slightly negative in December. The actual forecast for the next 7 days calls for sub freezing temperatures for most of the state, so the snow will be around and potentially added to with more storms on the way. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 07 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sun Dec 9 11:01:02 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Sun Dec 9 11:01:07 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712091701.lB9H12ml016906@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 08 December 2007 > News +---------------------------------------------- | Title : November AWOS data uploaded | Date : 08 Dec 01:02 PM | Author: Daryl Herzmann | URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/asos/1min.phtml +---------------------------------------------- The 1 minute interval data from the Iowa AWOS network has been uploaded to the IEM Data Coffers. Enjoy! > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 08 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Mon Dec 10 11:01:04 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Mon Dec 10 11:01:08 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712101701.lBAH14rY021236@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 09 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 09 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Tue Dec 11 11:01:02 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Tue Dec 11 11:01:06 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712111701.lBBH12Of011452@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 10 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-10 | Title : More ice on the way | Date : 10 Dec 07:16 AM | Votes : Good: 22 Bad: 8 +---------------------------------------------- The large purple area shown on the featured map is under an Ice Storm Warning with accumulations greater than a quarter of an inch expected with some areas picking up over an inch of ice! Just to the north of that area, a Winter Storm Warning is in effect for sleet and snow accumulations up to 6 inches. There is some hope that after this storm, the wintery precipitation will take a break for a few days. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 10 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Wed Dec 12 11:01:08 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Wed Dec 12 11:01:20 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712121701.lBCH18CN026911@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 11 December 2007 > News +---------------------------------------------- | Title : New Webcam: Huron, SD | Date : 11 Dec 11:43 AM | Author: Daryl Herzmann | URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/current/camera.phtml?network=KELO +---------------------------------------------- A new webcam has been added to the KELO-TV WeatherNet. Currently, this camera is at the base of their Huron RADAR watching its replacement/upgrade. Once the RADAR update is done, it will be moved to the tower to give a better view! The crane is there today with the dome split open! > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-11 | Title : Messy Tuesday | Date : 11 Dec 07:27 AM | Votes : Good: 25 Bad: 3 +---------------------------------------------- IEM Freeze is indicating a large area of freezing rain over Southern Iowa with air and pavement temperatures just below freezing. This activity will continue today with some locations picking up over an inch of freezing rain while areas to the north receiving a larger portion of sleet and snow versus rain. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 11 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Thu Dec 13 11:01:10 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Thu Dec 13 11:01:23 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712131701.lBDH1AA0025355@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 12 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-12 | Title : Swath of ice | Date : 12 Dec 05:13 AM | Votes : Good: 14 Bad: 4 +---------------------------------------------- The storm system that brought freezing rain, sleet, and snow to Iowa has finally shifted off to the east this morning. A large area of the midwest from Oklahoma to Michigan saw significant ice accumulations. The featured map overlays freezing rain and ice reports on top of a max reflectivity composite from Monday. It is interesting to know how well these reports line up with the northside (the colder surface side) of the stronger NEXRAD reflectivities. Areas in green probably saw larger amounts of sleet or snow. You can find archives of these products on the iem, including the max reflectivity composite and GIS shapefiles of storm reports. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 12 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Fri Dec 14 11:01:12 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Fri Dec 14 11:01:26 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712141701.lBEH1Cvu002719@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 13 December 2007 > News +---------------------------------------------- | Title : Webfarm Upgrade | Date : 13 Dec 01:57 PM | Author: Daryl Herzmann | URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/ +---------------------------------------------- This afternoon I have finished an upgrade to the IEM web farm to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 . If you see any problems, please let me know. This upgrade will allow us to take advantage of a newer release of PHP and the JpGraph library. There are currently 5 systems serving up data for web requests. Each system has 2 processors and 1-2 GB of memory. Current system utilization is about 20% with a peak around 75% during active weather. > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-13 | Title : Cold December | Date : 13 Dec 07:19 AM | Votes : Good: 13 Bad: 4 +---------------------------------------------- A chart of daily high and low temperatures from Ames along with climatology shows most of the month below freezing and below normal! The forecast has this trend continuing with highs in the 20s and lows in the single digits. The good news is that perhaps the sun will peak thru which should help to melt the ice off of some surfaces. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 13 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sat Dec 15 11:01:12 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Sat Dec 15 11:01:25 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712151701.lBFH1C9s011876@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 14 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-14 | Title : Frozen sensors | Date : 14 Dec 07:25 AM | Votes : Good: 14 Bad: 6 +---------------------------------------------- The featured map is of peak wind gusts so far this Friday. The ice storm from earlier this week has covered a number of observations sites with a paralyzing jacket of ice. This is preventing many sites in Southern Iowa from reporting wind speed and direction as the sensor is not free to move in response to the wind. The ice may be sticking around for a while as the forecast calls for cold temperatures and some chances of light snow. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 14 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sun Dec 16 11:01:15 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Sun Dec 16 11:01:26 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712161701.lBGH1Ftg025961@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 15 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 15 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 13 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 2 Svr Tstorm 18 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Mon Dec 17 11:01:11 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Mon Dec 17 11:01:20 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712171701.lBHH1B5W018778@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 16 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 16 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 8 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 Svr Tstorm 11 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Tue Dec 18 11:01:02 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Tue Dec 18 11:01:07 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712181701.lBIH12mO017744@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 17 December 2007 > News +---------------------------------------------- | Title : October COOP data uploaded | Date : 17 Dec 03:28 PM | Author: Daryl Herzmann | URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/climodat/ +---------------------------------------------- The October quality controlled daily data from the Iowa COOP network has been uploaded to the IEM. The climodat reports have been regenerated as well. The number of new daily records broken for October is shown below. 234 new record maximum low temperatures were set, this is indicative of the very muggy and warm air that frequented the state helping to fuel many thunderstorm complexes. __________________2007___________ OCT SEP AUG JUL JUN MAY APR Maximum High: 62 49 8 1 16 51 48 Minimum High: 0 56 9 0 15 0 78 Maximum Low: 234 38 82 4 8 42 12 Minimum Low: 0 129 0 19 5 5 100 Maximum Precip: 160 47 166 53 44 109 133 > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-17 | Title : Some melting requested | Date : 17 Dec 07:24 AM | Votes : Good: 12 Bad: 2 +---------------------------------------------- The numerous storms this December have left a mess in Iowa with hard to remove ice and snow still covering side streets, secondary roads, and driveways. Some melting should occur this week with forecasted high temperatures right around freezing each day. While it is still a ways out, a significant storm is forecasted by some models for next weekend which would impact Christmas travel plans for the midwest. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 17 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Wed Dec 19 11:01:03 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Wed Dec 19 11:01:09 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712191701.lBJH13CB000945@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 18 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-18 | Title : Warm above our heads | Date : 18 Dec 07:40 AM | Votes : Good: 18 Bad: 3 +---------------------------------------------- The featured image is a SkewT diagram from the Davenport RAOB site. This plot shows temperatures (red line), dew points (black line), and winds (barbs) as you go up in the atmosphere. Temperatures increase to the right in the chart. You can see that temperatures are the coldest right near the surface with dramatic warming as you go up just a few hundred meters to values above freezing. This shallow layer of cold air is tough to get rid of as the warmer air from the south will tend to ride overtop of it. It is kind of like trying to heat your basement in your house, the warm air will struggle to heat up the cold surfaces. The snow and ice also acts to reflect much of the suns energy away further preventing warming. What can help us is when winds are stronger, which can help to mix the air up (kind of like running a ceiling fan backwards in the winter). Temperatures are expected to warm a few degrees more today with highs in the mid 30s. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 18 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Thu Dec 20 11:01:02 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Thu Dec 20 11:01:08 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712201701.lBKH12pK010905@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 19 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-19 | Title : Lunar Landscape? | Date : 19 Dec 06:52 AM | Votes : Good: 21 Bad: 5 +---------------------------------------------- Can you guess what this picture is of? ... It is a rectified true color image taken from the MODIS Aqua satellite yesterday over Central Iowa. You can see Des Moines, Ames, Boone, and Saylorville Lake in the image! If you look closely, you can also see roads appearing in this 250 meter resolution image. Of course, the entire landscape is covered in snow and ice making it almost look like something you would see on the moon. You can get more images like this one on the MODIS Rapid Response System website which generates a pretty image each day for Iowa. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 19 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 5 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Fri Dec 21 11:01:04 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Fri Dec 21 11:01:10 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712211701.lBLH14CN019889@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 20 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-20 | Title : Careful of the Fog | Date : 20 Dec 07:17 AM | Votes : Good: 13 Bad: 4 +---------------------------------------------- Dense fog has developed most every day this week as warmer air from the south keeps encountering all of this cold ice and snowpack covering Iowa. On Wednesday, the webcams caught some neat lapses of the fog lifting and then settling in again. The Nevada webcam lapse is from 150 feet above the ground, so it was above the shallow layer of fog that crept along Wednesday morning. The Newton webcam lapse shows thick forming, lifting, settling back in, and then lifting once more. We will see more dense fog today in some locations. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 20 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 3 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 Svr Tstorm 38 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sat Dec 22 11:01:04 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Sat Dec 22 11:01:08 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712221701.lBMH14pg027334@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 21 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-21 | Title : White Christmas guaranteed? | Date : 21 Dec 06:57 AM | Votes : Good: 13 Bad: 2 +---------------------------------------------- The featured map is from the NAM forecast model showing predicted snow depths on Monday (Christmas Eve). The entire state is shown with snow cover thanks to the current snowpack and the additional snow expected this weekend. It may get really nasty on Saturday afternoon with snow and blowing snow looking very likely at this time. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 21 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sun Dec 23 11:01:03 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Sun Dec 23 11:01:08 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712231701.lBNH13sv005730@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 22 December 2007 > News +---------------------------------------------- | Title : Limited Visibility Reports | Date : 22 Dec 06:36 PM | Author: Daryl Herzmann | URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/roads/ +---------------------------------------------- I have added some more information to the IEM generated road conditions plot. The report produced by the Iowa DOT + State Patrol also contains reports of limited visibility. I have added this to the default map by including a large grey outline around the road segment. If you don't like the addition or have other suggestions, please let me know. > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-22 | Title : High snowfall rates | Date : 22 Dec 07:45 AM | Votes : Good: 19 Bad: 4 +---------------------------------------------- The image shows the hourly time series (right to left) of the NAM's predicted snowfall (gray bars) for Davenport using the model's predicted snow ratio. Saturday afternoon, there is strong lift (red contours) in the atmosphere, the strongest of which is centered in the -12C to -18C temperature range known as the dendritic snow growth zone (purple/yellow contours). When this occurs, it can sometimes lead to enhanced precipitation rates. This image is taken from BUFKIT, you can find out more about this program on The BUFKIT Warehouse website. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 22 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 Svr Tstorm 10 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Mon Dec 24 11:01:03 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Mon Dec 24 11:01:10 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712241701.lBOH139c002606@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 23 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 23 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 22 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Tue Dec 25 11:01:05 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Tue Dec 25 11:01:11 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712251701.lBPH15aJ008462@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 24 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-24 | Title : Merry Christmas! | Date : 24 Dec 07:26 AM | Votes : Good: 14 Bad: 6 +---------------------------------------------- May the warmth of the holiday season keep you emotionally and literally warm. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 24 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Wed Dec 26 11:01:02 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Wed Dec 26 11:01:09 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712261701.lBQH12pT003516@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 25 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 25 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Thu Dec 27 11:01:03 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Thu Dec 27 11:01:08 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712271701.lBRH134G029270@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 26 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 26 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Fri Dec 28 11:01:02 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Fri Dec 28 11:01:06 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712281701.lBSH12Hw001900@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 27 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-27 | Title : Here comes another storm | Date : 27 Dec 07:21 AM | Votes : Good: 12 Bad: 4 +---------------------------------------------- The endless parade of winter storms this December is set to continue tonight with a stripe of heavy snowfall expected across Southern Iowa. The featured map is of 4+ inch snowfall probabilities up until 7 AM Friday. Higher snowfall amounts are expected around the Davenport area on Friday. And yet another storm is expected Saturday night into Sunday! > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 27 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sat Dec 29 11:01:03 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Sat Dec 29 11:01:10 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712291701.lBTH13G8006412@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 28 December 2007 > News +---------------------------------------------- | Title : Custom Wind Roses | Date : 28 Dec 11:34 PM | Author: Daryl Herzmann | URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/sites/dyn_windrose.phtml?station=AMW&network=IA_ASOS +---------------------------------------------- A long standing feature request was the ability to generate wind roses for a time period of choice. You can now try to generate your own wind roses, but the code is somewhat sensitive :) So please be patient with it as it attempts to generate these informative plots. You can also limit the dataset to include only obs from a certain hour. So you can ask questions like, giveme a wind rose for 5 AM during the summer months. As always, let me know of suggestions and such. > Yesterday's Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-12-28 | Title : Trade your car for a snowmobile? | Date : 28 Dec 07:58 AM | Votes : Good: 14 Bad: 5 +---------------------------------------------- IEM delivered state road conditions are once again showing most of the state with mostly snow covered roads. The good news this time is that the winds are not making things worse by reducing visibility and causing drifts. Snowfall totals will approach 5-6 inches over the Southeast corner of the state. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 28 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 8 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 Svr Tstorm 35 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sun Dec 30 11:01:02 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Sun Dec 30 11:01:07 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712301701.lBUH12lh008907@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 29 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 29 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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 From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Mon Dec 31 11:01:03 2007 From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (Iowa Mesonet) Date: Mon Dec 31 11:01:11 2007 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200712311701.lBVH13IZ013482@mesonet.agron.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin Data valid for 30 December 2007 > News No news is good news > Yesterday's Daily Feature No feature posted. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary *** Products issued on 30 Dec 2007 Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US Tornado 5 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Svr Tstorm 10 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 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