IEM Daily Bulletin

[Iowa Mesonet]

Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 28 December 2007

> News
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 | 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
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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

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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
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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