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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 16 March 2007
> News
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| Title : New RWIS: Bedford
| Date : 16 Mar 01:49 PM
| Author: Daryl Herzmann
| URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/RWIS/current.phtml
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A new Iowa RWIS site has come on line near Bedford Iowa. It has
an official NWS ID of RBFI4 and makes the 56th site in the Iowa
Department of Transportation's network. More details on the
site are as follows:
Bedford is 3 miles West of Bedford on Hwy 2 in a pretty rural area.
It reports visibility, air temp, dew point/humidity, wind speed
and direction, precip type and intensity. This site is special in
that it has 1 regular surface sensor (sensor 0, WB bridge) and 1
active surface sensor (WB approach). The active sensor's got a
piggytail thermistor and a peltier element that flash freezes
the water/slush on the sensor to determine its freeze point. It
has a sub-surface sensor 18" under sensor 1.
> Yesterday's Daily Feature
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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-03-16
| Title : High water
| Date : 16 Mar 06:37 AM
| Votes : Good: 20 Bad: 11
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The featured image is a dot plot of stream gauge flow percentiles. Many of the points in Iowa are in a blue or black color indicating "much above normal" flow. Thankfully we have not had any heavy rainfall events during this melting period, so major flooding has not occured. The forecast for the next 7 days looks positive for rivers to receed.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 16 Mar 2007
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 3 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: 410
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High Air Temp[F] : 44.96 [04:53 PM] LWD LAMONI
Low Air Temp[F] : 21.02 [11:54 PM] ALO WATERLOO
High Dew Point[F] : 28.40 [12:17 AM] ALO WATERLOO
: 28.40 [02:52 AM] CID None
: 28.40 [12:54 AM] DSM None
Low Dew Point[F] : 14.00 [04:53 PM] LWD LAMONI
Peak Gust[knots] : 26.00 [01:53 AM] AMW AMES
: 26.00 [05:54 AM] ALO WATERLOO
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Iowa AWOS Reporting Stations: 39 Obs Received: 5451
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High Air Temp[F] : 48.00 [03:24 PM] ICL CLARINDA
Low Air Temp[F] : 22.00 [11:28 PM] CCY CHARLES CITY
High Dew Point[F] : 32.00 [01:24 AM] OXV KNOXVILLE
: 32.00 [12:24 AM] RDK RED OAK
: 32.00 [04:44 AM] AWG WASHINGTON
Low Dew Point[F] : 11.00 [05:05 PM] CBF COUNCIL BLUFFS
Peak Gust[knots] : 25.00 [05:24 AM] AWG WASHINGTON
: 25.00 [08:04 AM] FSW FORT MADISON
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.04 [ ] EOK KEOKUK MUNI
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Iowa RWIS Reporting Stations: 53 Obs Received: 6871
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High Air Temp[F] : 48.40 [03:53 PM] RSDI4 Sidney (I-29/IA 2)
Low Air Temp[F] : 19.00 [11:58 PM] RNHI4 New Hampton (US 18)
High Dew Point[F] : 32.70 [01:19 PM] RONI4 Onawa (I-29)
Low Dew Point[F] : 10.30 [04:53 PM] RAVI4 Avoca (I-80)
Peak Gust[knots] : 29.00 [04:38 AM] RMCI4 Mason City (I-35)
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KCCI SchoolNet Reporting Stations: 68 Obs Received: 76274
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High Air Temp[F] : 46.00 [04:03 PM] SMUI4 Murray
: 46.00 [03:33 PM] SBMI4 Bloomfield
Low Air Temp[F] : 23.00 [07:36 AM] SAGI4 Algona
: 23.00 [10:54 AM] SLMI4 Latimer
: 23.00 [08:17 AM] SBKI4 Belmond
High Dew Point[F] : 44.00 [03:32 PM] SKCI4 KCCI Studios
Low Dew Point[F] : -29.00 [11:12 AM] SLMI4 Latimer
Peak Gust[knots] : 26.07 [03:22 AM] SNVI4 Nevada
: 26.07 [12:06 AM] SEGI4 Eagle Grove
: 26.07 [05:04 AM] STQI4 Tama
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KIMT SchoolNet Reporting Stations: 23 Obs Received: 25417
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High Air Temp[F] : 39.00 [03:44 PM] SWLM5 Rochester (Willow Creek)
Low Air Temp[F] : 15.00 [11:58 PM] SASM5 Austin
High Dew Point[F] : 31.00 [04:06 PM] STMM5 West Concord
Low Dew Point[F] : 14.00 [11:58 PM] SASM5 Austin
Peak Gust[knots] : 25.00 [03:01 AM] SGMM5 Grand Meadow
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.09 [ ] SGMM5 Grand Meadow
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KELO WeatherNet Reporting Stations: 39 Obs Received: 21660
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High Air Temp[F] : 59.00 [04:13 PM] SMSS2 Mission
Low Air Temp[F] : 12.00 [05:04 AM] SABS2 Aberdeen
: 12.00 [02:46 AM] ESDS2 Eureka
High Dew Point[F] : 53.00 [04:13 PM] SMSS2 Mission
Low Dew Point[F] : -35.00 [06:12 AM] SHII4 Hull
: -35.00 [12:53 PM] SWTS2 Watertown
Peak Gust[knots] : 34.76 [12:10 AM] SRUM5 Russell
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.12 [ ] LDSS2 Lead _ Deadwood School
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Iowa NWS COOP Reporting Stations: 73 Obs Received: 73
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High Air Temp[F] : 50.00 [ ] SXGI4 SIOUX CITY ANG
Low Air Temp[F] : 21.00 [ ] LWDI4 LOWDEN
: 21.00 [ ] SNBI4 SANBORN
Max Rainfall [inch] : 1.00 [ ] HCKI4 Hancock 7 SE
Max Snowfall [inch] : 2.00 [ ] WTRI4 WINTERSET 2 NNW
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Misc Stations Reporting Stations: 4 Obs Received: 1280
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High Air Temp[F] : 38.00 [12:48 AM] RAWDES Desoto
Low Air Temp[F] : 27.00 [07:48 AM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
High Dew Point[F] : 33.00 [09:48 AM] RAWDES Desoto
Low Dew Point[F] : 22.00 [03:20 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.04 [ ] OT0006 NE Ames
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