IEM Daily Bulletin

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Sat Jan 27 11:02:42 CST 2007


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 26 January 2007

> News
 +----------------------------------------------
 | Title : Wind Roses
 | Date  : 26 Jan 03:38 PM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/sites/windrose.phtml?station=DSM&network=IA_ASOS
 +----------------------------------------------

Last Friday, I featured a wind rose plot and got very positive 
feedback about it.  I have now generated a number of wind rose
plots for sites in Iowa and surrounding states.  You can access
these plots from the "IEM Sites" section.

Feedback is always welcome.  Currently, there is a plot for
yearly and monthly climatologies.  Others can be added as requests
are made.  Plots for sites outside of the state will keep appearing
over the weekend as the script keeps running :)

Of the plots I have seen thus far, it is interesting to see the
dominance of the southerly direction.  If folks know of other
institutions that have generated plots like these, it would be
good to compare them.

Its also neat to look at sites like Sioux City and Clinton, who
are along river bottoms.

Enjoy.


 +----------------------------------------------
 | Title : RWIS Outage
 | Date  : 26 Jan 02:10 PM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu
 +----------------------------------------------

Iowa RWIS data will be unavailable between noon and 4 PM this 
Saturday (27 Jan).  The DOT is doing some scheduled 
maintenance on their FTP server.


 +----------------------------------------------
 | Title : New KIMT: Northwood
 | Date  : 26 Jan 02:06 PM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/schoolnet/current.phtml?ntv=KIMT
 +----------------------------------------------

A new station has been added to the KIMT network.  This one is
Northwood at Northwood-Kensett Junior High School.  There are now
12 sites in the KIMT network.

> Yesterday's Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-01-26
 | Title : Gonna miss the coldest air
 | Date  : 26 Jan 07:14 AM
 | Votes : Good: 18   Bad: 4
 +----------------------------------------------

Computer weather models have been predicting a very cold weekend for a good portion of the United States.  The coldest air will pass just to our east with temperatures falling below -20 degrees (white color) on Sunday and Monday.  This is part of a pattern weather shift with the establishment of cold air over the east coast.  Iowa will remain on the western edge of the extremely cold air.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 26 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: 409
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 High Air Temp[F]    :  46.94 [01:53 PM] OTM   OTTUMWA
                     :  46.94 [02:53 PM] BRL   BURLINGTON
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  10.94 [01:52 AM] IOW   IOWA CITY
 High Dew Point[F]   :  32.00 [03:52 PM] DVN   QUAD CITIES
                     :  32.00 [01:53 PM] BRL   BURLINGTON
 Low Dew Point[F]    :   8.96 [12:52 AM] IOW   IOWA CITY
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  32.00 [07:52 PM] SUX   SIOUX CITY
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.02 [        ] MCW   MASON CITY
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 Iowa AWOS            Reporting Stations: 40  Obs Received: 5525
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 High Air Temp[F]    :  52.00 [01:55 PM] EOK   KEOKUK MUNI
 Low Air Temp[F]     :   9.00 [04:45 AM] MUT   MUSCATINE
 High Dew Point[F]   :  38.00 [01:15 PM] EOK   KEOKUK MUNI
 Low Dew Point[F]    :   6.00 [04:45 AM] MUT   MUSCATINE
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  29.00 [02:05 PM] ORC   ORANGE CITY
                     :  29.00 [02:05 PM] SHL   SHELDON
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.09 [        ] DEH   DECORAH
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 Iowa RWIS            Reporting Stations: 52  Obs Received: 6663
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 High Air Temp[F]    :  50.50 [03:04 PM] RCNI4 Centerville (IA 2)
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  12.20 [12:37 AM] RJFI4 Jefferson (IA 4)
 High Dew Point[F]   :  37.30 [01:18 PM] RONI4 Onawa (I-29)
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  10.20 [02:10 AM] RDVI4 Davenport (I-80/I-280)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  34.00 [10:23 PM] RSBI4 Steamboat Rock (US20)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 KCCI SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 69  Obs Received: 95501
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 High Air Temp[F]    :  54.00 [02:43 PM] SBMI4 Bloomfield
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  16.00 [01:40 AM] SWBI4 Webster City
 High Dew Point[F]   :  46.00 [02:49 PM] SCDI4 Corydon
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -32.00 [12:47 AM] SLMI4 Latimer
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  32.15 [11:50 AM] SFOI4 Fontanelle
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.36 [        ] SKCI4 KCCI Studios
                     :   0.36 [        ] SOCI4 Oskaloosa
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 KIMT SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 11  Obs Received: 14141
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  14.00 [01:50 AM] SMYI4 Mason City
                     :  14.00 [12:59 AM] SRRI4 Rockford
                     :  14.00 [01:02 AM] SCCI4 Charles City
 High Dew Point[F]   :  37.00 [01:50 PM] SNKI4 Northwood
 Low Dew Point[F]    :   9.00 [01:08 AM] SCCI4 Charles City
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  20.00 [08:59 PM] SASM5 Austin
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.21 [        ] SMYI4 Mason City
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 KELO WeatherNet      Reporting Stations: 41  Obs Received: 24643
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 High Air Temp[F]    :  57.00 [01:47 AM] SRAS2 Rapid City
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  15.00 [11:44 PM] SHOS2 Howard
 High Dew Point[F]   :  41.00 [10:01 AM] SMSS2 Mission
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -38.00 [06:39 AM] SWTS2 Watertown
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  39.97 [02:11 PM] ICSI4 Inwood
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.14 [        ] CLYI4 Rock Rapids
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 Iowa NWS COOP        Reporting Stations: 70  Obs Received: 81
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 High Air Temp[F]    :  50.00 [        ] KNXI4 KNOXVILLE
                     :  50.00 [        ] DNNI4 DONNELLSON
                     :  50.00 [        ] IDAI4 INDIANOLA
                     : 2 Other Duplicates Skipped
 Low Air Temp[F]     :   0.00 [        ] WSHI4 WASHINGTON
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 Misc Stations        Reporting Stations: 4  Obs Received: 1339
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 High Air Temp[F]    :  27.00 [12:45 AM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  17.80 [07:36 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
 High Dew Point[F]   :  22.00 [12:45 AM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
 Low Dew Point[F]    :   9.00 [07:21 AM] OT0006 NE Ames

>  All data subject to revision and is intended for
>  educational use only.


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