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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 14 February 2007

> News
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 | Title : New RWIS: Sibley
 | Date  : 15 Feb 09:50 AM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/RWIS/current.phtml
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A new RWIS site has been added to the Iowa DOT's network.  This
one is located near Sibley on the new Highway 60 intersection
with Highway 9 in Northwest Iowa.

> Yesterday's Daily Feature

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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-02-14
 | Title : Lake Low
 | Date  : 14 Feb 04:03 AM
 | Votes : Good: 30   Bad: 6
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An interesting small scale phenomena occured over Lake Superior on Tuesday.  The featured loop is of visible satellite images, notice the counter clockwise swirl?  This swirl is a result of very cold air settling over the open lake water.  The warmer and saturated air over the lake quickly rises forming shallow clouds and over time organizes into a circulation you can see on satellite.  A larger time lapse can be found <a href="http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/cases/070213/lake_superior_circ/anim.html">here</a>.  The <a href="http://deved.meted.ucar.edu/norlat/snow/lake_effect/print_whole.htm">COMET MetEd</a> site has a much more detailed explaination of this phenomena.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 14 Feb 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


> Network Metrics

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 Iowa ASOS            Reporting Stations: 15  Obs Received: 361
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  17.60 [01:53 PM] BRL   None
 Low Air Temp[F]     : -14.98 [06:52 AM] EST   ESTHERVILLE
 High Dew Point[F]   :   3.92 [12:53 AM] BRL   BURLINGTON
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -20.02 [06:52 AM] EST   ESTHERVILLE
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  20.00 [01:53 AM] BRL   BURLINGTON
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 Iowa AWOS            Reporting Stations: 40  Obs Received: 5453
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 Low Air Temp[F]     : -17.00 [07:34 AM] SHL   SHELDON
 High Dew Point[F]   :  11.00 [12:00 AM] EOK   KEOKUK MUNI
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -24.00 [07:24 AM] SHL   SHELDON
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  19.00 [01:35 AM] MPZ   MOUNT PLEASANT
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 Iowa RWIS            Reporting Stations: 53  Obs Received: 6880
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  20.30 [03:00 PM] RCRI4 Cedar Rapids (US 30)
 Low Air Temp[F]     : -16.80 [05:44 AM] RDCI4 Decorah (IA 9)
 High Dew Point[F]   :   8.30 [12:07 AM] RMPI4 Mount Pleasant (US 218)
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -22.20 [05:44 AM] RDCI4 Decorah (IA 9)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  19.00 [02:33 AM] RSBI4 Steamboat Rock (US20)
                     :  19.00 [12:42 AM] RALI4 Algona (US 18)
                     :  19.00 [03:40 PM] ROTI4 Ottumwa (US 63)
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 KCCI SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 68  Obs Received: 96481
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  19.00 [01:38 PM] SBMI4 Bloomfield
 Low Air Temp[F]     : -13.00 [06:27 AM] SAGI4 Algona
                     : -13.00 [07:06 AM] SCGI4 Clarion
                     : -13.00 [06:56 AM] SBKI4 Belmond
 High Dew Point[F]   :  13.00 [01:43 PM] SCDI4 Corydon
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -16.00 [08:59 AM] SMAI4 Marshalltown
                     : -16.00 [06:56 AM] SBKI4 Belmond
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  19.12 [02:28 AM] SBOI4 Boone
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 KIMT SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 15  Obs Received: 19194
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  12.00 [12:26 PM] SCQI4 Cresco
                     :  12.00 [12:09 PM] SFCM5 Preston
                     :  12.00 [12:35 PM] SRVI4 Riceville
 Low Air Temp[F]     : -16.00 [06:07 AM] SNKI4 Northwood
                     : -16.00 [07:01 AM] SFCI4 Forest City
 High Dew Point[F]   :  12.00 [12:35 PM] SRVI4 Riceville
                     :  12.00 [12:21 PM] SFCM5 Preston
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -15.00 [05:51 AM] SNKI4 Northwood
                     : -15.00 [05:51 AM] SFCI4 Forest City
                     : -15.00 [06:47 AM] SNII4 Thompson
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  16.00 [03:48 PM] SFCM5 Preston
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 KELO WeatherNet      Reporting Stations: 40  Obs Received: 26180
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 High Air Temp[F]    :   8.00 [02:16 PM] CLYI4 Rock Rapids
                     :   8.00 [02:10 PM] BKGS2 Brookings
 Low Air Temp[F]     : -19.00 [12:00 AM] SWTS2 Watertown
 High Dew Point[F]   :   6.00 [08:06 AM] LDSS2 Lead _ Deadwood School
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -24.00 [06:26 AM] SYAS2 Yankton
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  20.86 [04:09 PM] SRUM5 Russell
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 Iowa NWS COOP        Reporting Stations: 87  Obs Received: 99
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  21.00 [        ] EKRI4 ELKADER 5 SSW
 Low Air Temp[F]     : -15.00 [        ] LSXI4 LITTLE SIOUX 2 NW
                     : -15.00 [        ] SWEI4 Swea City
                     : -15.00 [        ] SIXI4 SIOUX CENTER 2 SE
                     : 1 Other Duplicates Skipped
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.00 [        ] OAKI4 OAKLAND
                     :   0.00 [        ] RANI4 RANDOLPH
                     :   0.00 [        ] ROKI4 RED OAK
                     : 3 Other Duplicates Skipped
 Max Snowfall [inch] :   0.00 [        ] OAKI4 OAKLAND
                     :   0.00 [        ] ROKI4 RED OAK
                     :   0.00 [        ] LOGI4 LOGAN
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 Misc Stations        Reporting Stations: 4  Obs Received: 1337
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 High Air Temp[F]    :   0.00 [11:00 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
                     :   0.00 [02:45 AM] RAWDES Desoto
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  -9.00 [06:45 AM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
 High Dew Point[F]   :  -4.00 [04:45 AM] RAWDES Desoto
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -15.00 [06:53 AM] OT0006 NE Ames

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