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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 02 March 2007
> News
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| Title : 2 million web hits
| Date : 02 Mar 10:04 PM
| Author: Daryl Herzmann
| URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu
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On 1 March, the IEM web farm had over 2 million hits! That is the
largest number we have ever had! It is no where near the amount
of traffic popular sites like weather.gov does, but it is still a
decent number :)
Some specifics:
Hits # Users Bandwidth
Feb 24 1,704,776 17,305 72 GB
Feb 28 1,674,253 15,034 51 GB
March 1 2,084,281 25,746 96 GB
March 2 1,453,320 25,498 38 GB
The # of Users is an estimate based on sessions and IP addresses of
remotely connecting computers. It is probably close.
The web farm appeared to have no difficulty handling this amount
of traffic. It should be able to take another couple million :)
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| Title : Blizzard lapse
| Date : 02 Mar 07:25 PM
| Author: Daryl Herzmann
| URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/cool/
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I have put together 3 lapses from the fun today at the
ISU Agronomy Farm as captured by the webcam located there. My
attempts to fight back the snow with a backhoe and two tractors
were in vane as the lane remains drifted shut this evening. The
lapses nicely show the difficulties facing many Iowans today as
travelling was nearly impossible due to drifting and low
visibilities.
> Yesterday's Daily Feature
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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-03-02
| Title : Shut down
| Date : 02 Mar 07:38 AM
| Votes : Good: 28 Bad: 14
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The western and northern half of Iowa is mostly shut down this Friday due to heavy snowfall and very strong northwest winds making travel all but impossible. The featured image is of road conditions over Iowa showing many parts of the interstate system closed and travel not advised everywhere else. Snowfall totals are approaching 18 inches over Northwest Iowa. Finally a snow storm like those we remember as a kid.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 02 Mar 2007
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 16 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
Svr Tstorm 39 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: 1008
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High Air Temp[F] : 33.80 [01:32 PM] BRL BURLINGTON
Low Air Temp[F] : 15.08 [09:53 PM] SPW SPENCER
: 15.08 [10:52 PM] SUX SIOUX CITY
High Dew Point[F] : 24.80 [12:11 AM] CID CEDAR RAPIDS
: 24.80 [02:05 PM] BRL BURLINGTON
: 24.80 [12:17 AM] DBQ DUBUQUE
: 2 Other Duplicates Skipped
Low Dew Point[F] : 10.04 [11:53 PM] LWD LAMONI
: 10.04 [06:52 PM] SUX SIOUX CITY
Peak Gust[knots] : 45.00 [04:00 AM] DVN QUAD CITIES
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.03 [ ] SUX SIOUX CITY
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Iowa AWOS Reporting Stations: 39 Obs Received: 5357
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High Air Temp[F] : 36.00 [01:14 PM] EOK KEOKUK MUNI
Low Air Temp[F] : 15.00 [09:04 PM] ORC ORANGE CITY
: 15.00 [09:24 PM] LRJ LE MARS
High Dew Point[F] : 32.00 [12:05 AM] DEH DECORAH
Low Dew Point[F] : 9.00 [11:44 PM] CIN CARROLL
Peak Gust[knots] : 42.00 [01:55 AM] CWI CLINTON
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.02 [ ] ORC ORANGE CITY
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Iowa RWIS Reporting Stations: 51 Obs Received: 6648
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High Air Temp[F] : 32.10 [02:56 PM] RBUI4 Burlington (US 34)
Low Air Temp[F] : 13.90 [11:53 PM] RAVI4 Avoca (I-80)
High Dew Point[F] : 30.40 [12:04 AM] RDCI4 Decorah (IA 9)
Low Dew Point[F] : 8.00 [09:43 PM] RAVI4 Avoca (I-80)
Peak Gust[knots] : 44.00 [12:20 AM] RDVI4 Davenport (I-80/I-280)
Max Rainfall [inch] : 1.49 [ ] RAMI4 Ames (I-35)
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KCCI SchoolNet Reporting Stations: 60 Obs Received: 83326
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High Air Temp[F] : 32.00 [10:52 AM] SBMI4 Bloomfield
Low Air Temp[F] : 14.00 [11:09 PM] SJEI4 Jefferson
: 14.00 [12:16 AM] SNEI4 Newton
: 14.00 [11:17 PM] SADI4 Adair
: 2 Other Duplicates Skipped
High Dew Point[F] : 30.00 [09:04 AM] SCEI4 Centerville
Low Dew Point[F] : 11.00 [04:45 PM] SMDI4 Madrid
: 11.00 [11:17 PM] SADI4 Adair
Peak Gust[knots] : 42.58 [02:04 AM] SKCI4 KCCI Studios
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.24 [ ] SMDI4 Madrid
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KIMT SchoolNet Reporting Stations: 18 Obs Received: 24272
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High Air Temp[F] : 27.00 [12:18 PM] SKGM5 Rochester (Kellogg)
: 27.00 [12:00 AM] SFCM5 Preston
Low Air Temp[F] : 15.00 [11:26 PM] SFCI4 Forest City
High Dew Point[F] : 27.00 [12:18 PM] SKGM5 Rochester (Kellogg)
: 27.00 [12:00 AM] SFCM5 Preston
Low Dew Point[F] : 14.00 [11:26 PM] SFCI4 Forest City
Peak Gust[knots] : 22.00 [02:03 PM] SFCM5 Preston
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.01 [ ] SJAM5 Rochester (John Adams)
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KELO WeatherNet Reporting Stations: 42 Obs Received: 26641
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High Air Temp[F] : 26.00 [12:35 PM] MOBS2 Mobridge
: 26.00 [12:03 AM] BHHS2 Britton
Low Air Temp[F] : 8.00 [11:23 PM] SWTS2 Watertown
: 8.00 [07:46 AM] LDSS2 Lead _ Deadwood School
High Dew Point[F] : 26.00 [12:35 PM] MOBS2 Mobridge
: 26.00 [12:03 AM] BHHS2 Britton
Low Dew Point[F] : -39.00 [09:46 PM] SHII4 Hull
Peak Gust[knots] : 52.14 [02:13 PM] SRAS2 Rapid City
Max Rainfall [inch] : 2.29 [ ] KKAS2 Kadoka
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Iowa NWS COOP Reporting Stations: 79 Obs Received: 79
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High Air Temp[F] : 32.00 [ ] DNNI4 DONNELLSON
: 32.00 [ ] CLII4 CLARION
Low Air Temp[F] : 12.00 [ ] WMTI4 FORT DODGE
Max Rainfall [inch] : 1.08 [ ] CLII4 CLARION
Max Snowfall [inch] : 10.00 [ ] CLII4 CLARION
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Misc Stations Reporting Stations: 4 Obs Received: 1341
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High Air Temp[F] : 19.00 [05:48 AM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
Low Air Temp[F] : 14.00 [06:48 AM] RAWDES Desoto
High Dew Point[F] : 18.00 [05:48 AM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
Low Dew Point[F] : 6.00 [10:47 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
> All data subject to revision and is intended for
> educational use only.
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