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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 19 January 2007

> News
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> Yesterday's Daily Feature

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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-01-19
 | Title : Wind roses
 | Date  : 19 Jan 07:29 AM
 | Votes : Good: 27   Bad: 4
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A rose is a rose is a rose, except this rose!  The featured image is a wind rose plot for the Des Moines airport for dates between 11 and 21 January.  The plot is a wind climatology detailing frequency of wind direction and speed.  The individual colors represent frequencies of observed wind speeds for 16 directions.  The plot shows that winds from the Northeast and Southwest are rarely observed.  The strongest wind speeds (20+ knots in red) are almost always from the Northwest, which is the most common wind direction.  The plots of extremely valuable for designers who worry about wind transport of things like odor and particulates.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 19 Jan 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: 358
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  37.94 [02:53 PM] BRL   BURLINGTON
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  -2.92 [11:54 PM] ALO   WATERLOO
 High Dew Point[F]   :  24.80 [11:53 AM] BRL   None
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  -5.98 [11:54 PM] ALO   WATERLOO
 Peak Gust[knots]    :   0.00 [    None] EST   ESTHERVILLE
                     :   0.00 [    None] DVN   QUAD CITIES
                     :   0.00 [    None] IOW   IOWA CITY
                     : 12 Other Duplicates Skipped
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 Iowa AWOS            Reporting Stations: 40  Obs Received: 5548
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  42.00 [02:13 PM] EOK   KEOKUK MUNI
 Low Air Temp[F]     :   0.00 [09:13 PM] CAV   CLARION
                     :   0.00 [11:03 PM] EBS   WEBSTER CITY
                     :   0.00 [11:53 PM] LRJ   LE MARS
                     : 1 Other Duplicates Skipped
 High Dew Point[F]   :  32.00 [04:03 PM] EOK   KEOKUK MUNI
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  -6.00 [10:53 PM] CIN   CARROLL
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  23.00 [12:03 AM] MXO   MONTICELLO MUNI
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.10 [        ] OXV   KNOXVILLE
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 Iowa RWIS            Reporting Stations: 52  Obs Received: 7049
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  39.20 [04:23 PM] RSDI4 Sidney (I-29/IA 2)
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  -4.90 [11:59 PM] RHAI4 Hanlontown (I-35)
 High Dew Point[F]   :  27.30 [02:19 PM] RONI4 Onawa (I-29)
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  -7.10 [11:59 PM] RHAI4 Hanlontown (I-35)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  28.00 [07:34 AM] RCDI4 Cedar Rapids (I-380)
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 KCCI SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 70  Obs Received: 99831
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  40.00 [12:56 PM] SBMI4 Bloomfield
 Low Air Temp[F]     :   3.00 [11:27 PM] SJWI4 Jewell
                     :   3.00 [11:53 PM] SBKI4 Belmond
 High Dew Point[F]   :  32.00 [12:19 PM] SCDI4 Corydon
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -22.00 [09:23 AM] SLMI4 Latimer
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  19.12 [12:24 AM] STQI4 Tama
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.17 [        ] SCEI4 Centerville
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 KIMT SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 10  Obs Received: 13912
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  26.00 [01:37 PM] SKWI4 Kanawha
 Low Air Temp[F]     :   0.00 [11:57 PM] SBLM5 Albert Lea
 High Dew Point[F]   :  18.00 [01:20 PM] SKWI4 Kanawha
 Low Dew Point[F]    :   0.00 [11:49 PM] SBLM5 Albert Lea
                     :   0.00 [11:27 PM] SASM5 Austin
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  12.00 [02:28 PM] SCCI4 Charles City
                     :  12.00 [12:00 AM] SASM5 Austin
                     :  12.00 [01:30 AM] SCQI4 Cresco
                     : 1 Other Duplicates Skipped
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 KELO WeatherNet      Reporting Stations: 40  Obs Received: 25053
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  47.00 [04:06 PM] SMSS2 Mission
 Low Air Temp[F]     :   4.00 [11:59 PM] CLYI4 Rock Rapids
 High Dew Point[F]   :  41.00 [04:06 PM] SMSS2 Mission
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -27.00 [08:27 AM] SMIS2 Milbank
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  33.89 [12:06 AM] SWAS2 Wall
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.01 [        ] CLTS2 Colton
                     :   0.01 [        ] SGAS2 Garretson
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 Iowa NWS COOP        Reporting Stations: 65  Obs Received: 65
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  38.00 [        ] DNNI4 DONNELLSON
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  -4.00 [        ] AESI4 AMES 5 SE
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.00 [        ] POCI4 POCAHONTAS
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 Misc Stations        Reporting Stations: 4  Obs Received: 1338
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  22.00 [09:45 AM] RAWDES Desoto
 Low Air Temp[F]     :   1.00 [07:45 AM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
 High Dew Point[F]   :  18.00 [09:45 AM] RAWDES Desoto
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  -2.00 [04:59 AM] OT0006 NE Ames

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