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Fri Jan 26 11:02:23 CST 2007


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 25 January 2007

> News
    No news is good news

> Yesterday's Daily Feature

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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-01-25
 | Title : Gradual warming
 | Date  : 25 Jan 06:57 AM
 | Votes : Good: 16   Bad: 4
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The featured chart is of daily solar radiation (red line) and average 4 inch soil temperature (black line) from the Ames ISUAG site.  As you probably can recall, air temperatures have been well below freezing recently, so why have soil temperatures been warming recently?  The reason is that warming blanket of snow sitting on the ground.  The blanket traps the heat from deeper depths in the soil allowing the top soil to slowly warm. When there is no snow, the top soil loose heat accumulated during the day at night when air temperatures are colder.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 25 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: 524
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  30.92 [03:53 PM] LWD   LAMONI
 Low Air Temp[F]     :   3.02 [05:52 AM] DVN   QUAD CITIES
 High Dew Point[F]   :  24.98 [10:52 PM] SUX   SIOUX CITY
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  -0.04 [05:52 AM] DVN   QUAD CITIES
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  18.00 [01:53 AM] AMW   AMES
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.11 [        ] EST   ESTHERVILLE
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 Iowa AWOS            Reporting Stations: 40  Obs Received: 5502
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  36.00 [03:35 PM] ICL   CLARINDA
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  -3.00 [04:14 AM] MXO   MONTICELLO MUNI
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  -5.00 [04:14 AM] MXO   MONTICELLO MUNI
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  21.00 [12:15 AM] OXV   KNOXVILLE
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.01 [        ] DEH   DECORAH
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 Iowa RWIS            Reporting Stations: 52  Obs Received: 7139
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  35.10 [02:51 PM] RLEI4 Leon (I-35)/IA 2)
 Low Air Temp[F]     :   2.10 [07:30 AM] RCRI4 Cedar Rapids (US 30)
 High Dew Point[F]   :  28.90 [03:43 PM] RSDI4 Sidney (I-29/IA 2)
 Low Dew Point[F]    :   0.30 [07:30 AM] RCRI4 Cedar Rapids (US 30)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  25.00 [02:24 AM] RCDI4 Cedar Rapids (I-380)
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 KCCI SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 70  Obs Received: 95830
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  35.00 [03:30 PM] SBDI4 Bedford Commn
                     :  35.00 [03:53 PM] SLOI4 Lamoni
                     :  35.00 [03:43 PM] SMOI4 Mount Ayr
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  10.00 [07:23 AM] SBDI4 Bedford Commn
                     :  10.00 [06:05 AM] SCNI4 Corning
 High Dew Point[F]   :  32.00 [03:13 AM] SCEI4 Centerville
                     :  32.00 [02:27 PM] SCNI4 Corning
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  -3.00 [12:01 AM] SLMI4 Latimer
                     :  -3.00 [05:29 AM] SWAI4 Wall Lake
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  22.59 [08:41 PM] SMLI4 Mallard
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.02 [        ] SAEI4 Adel
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 KIMT SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 11  Obs Received: 14272
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  27.00 [10:38 AM] SMYI4 Mason City
                     :  27.00 [11:36 AM] SRRI4 Rockford
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  13.00 [08:34 PM] SASM5 Austin
 High Dew Point[F]   :  27.00 [11:36 AM] SRRI4 Rockford
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  11.00 [10:14 AM] SCCI4 Charles City
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  13.00 [08:09 PM] SOAI4 Osage
                     :  13.00 [12:07 AM] SFCI4 Forest City
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.01 [        ] SCKI4 Clear Lake
                     :   0.01 [        ] SFCI4 Forest City
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 KELO WeatherNet      Reporting Stations: 41  Obs Received: 23324
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  63.00 [01:14 PM] SRAS2 Rapid City
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  12.00 [06:14 AM] SHUS2 Huron
 High Dew Point[F]   :  54.00 [03:01 PM] SMSS2 Mission
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -37.00 [01:32 AM] SHII4 Hull
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  23.46 [09:54 PM] SRUM5 Russell
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.01 [        ] BKGS2 Brookings
                     :   0.01 [        ] LDSS2 Lead _ Deadwood School
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 Iowa NWS COOP        Reporting Stations: 80  Obs Received: 83
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  40.00 [        ] OSEI4 OSCEOLA
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  -5.00 [        ] EKRI4 ELKADER 5 SSW
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.00 [        ] SXGI4 SIOUX CITY ANG
                     :   0.00 [        ] MKTI4 MAQUOKETA 3 S
                     :   0.00 [        ] FSCI4 FOREST CITY 2 NNE
                     : 3 Other Duplicates Skipped
 Max Snowfall [inch] :   0.00 [        ] MKTI4 MAQUOKETA 3 S
                     :   0.00 [        ] FSCI4 FOREST CITY 2 NNE
                     :   0.00 [        ] SNYI4 Stanley
                     : 2 Other Duplicates Skipped
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 Misc Stations        Reporting Stations: 4  Obs Received: 1345
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  40.00 [09:45 AM] RAWDES Desoto
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  18.60 [02:10 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
 High Dew Point[F]   :  31.00 [09:45 AM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  15.00 [12:00 AM] OT0006 NE Ames

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