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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 20 March 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=2007-03-20
 | Title : General trend is upward
 | Date  : 20 Mar 07:41 AM
 | Votes : Good: 20   Bad: 7
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Last week, we featured a plot of high temperatures from the Des Moines airport station and their departures from normal.  Today's feature is a similar plot of low temperatures showing the same general trends of warmer than normal weather followed by colder than normal weather with the general seasonal trend being upward.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 20 Mar 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   14    0 |   0     0     0     1     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: 390
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  57.92 [02:53 PM] OTM   OTTUMWA
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  21.20 [03:54 AM] ALO   None
                     :  21.20 [03:53 AM] MCW   None
 High Dew Point[F]   :  44.60 [11:53 PM] OTM   None
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  17.06 [06:55 AM] DBQ   DUBUQUE
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  30.00 [10:41 PM] MIW   MARSHALLTOWN
                     :  30.00 [10:53 AM] SPW   SPENCER
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.30 [        ] LWD   LAMONI
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 Iowa AWOS            Reporting Stations: 40  Obs Received: 5261
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  59.00 [02:54 PM] FFL   FAIRFIELD
                     :  59.00 [02:34 PM] OXV   KNOXVILLE
                     :  59.00 [03:14 PM] IKV   ANKENY
                     : 1 Other Duplicates Skipped
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  22.00 [06:44 AM] VTI   VINTON
 High Dew Point[F]   :  47.00 [10:34 PM] FSW   FORT MADISON
                     :  47.00 [11:04 PM] EOK   KEOKUK MUNI
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  15.80 [06:55 AM] CWI   CLINTON
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  29.00 [12:04 PM] CAV   CLARION
                     :  29.00 [01:24 PM] EBS   WEBSTER CITY
                     :  29.00 [11:14 PM] AXA   ALGONA
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.23 [        ] OXV   KNOXVILLE
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 Iowa RWIS            Reporting Stations: 53  Obs Received: 6944
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  59.40 [02:17 PM] RMPI4 Mount Pleasant (US 218)
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  20.80 [03:59 AM] RHAI4 Hanlontown (I-35)
 High Dew Point[F]   :  46.20 [11:43 PM] RSDI4 Sidney (I-29/IA 2)
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  15.10 [08:23 AM] RDCI4 Decorah (IA 9)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  32.00 [09:29 PM] RMCI4 Mason City (I-35)
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.16 [        ] ROSI4 Osceola (I-35)
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 KCCI SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 68  Obs Received: 95768
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  59.00 [02:24 PM] SDRI4 River Woods
                     :  59.00 [02:42 PM] SGRI4 Grimes
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  -4.00 [11:17 PM] SNEI4 Newton
 High Dew Point[F]   :  58.00 [02:49 PM] SKCI4 KCCI Studios
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -13.00 [02:36 AM] SWAI4 Wall Lake
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  31.28 [12:29 PM] SMLI4 Mallard
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.49 [        ] SBMI4 Bloomfield
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 KIMT SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 23  Obs Received: 30612
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  52.00 [03:17 PM] SKWI4 Kanawha
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  18.00 [05:46 AM] SWLM5 Rochester (Willow Creek)
                     :  18.00 [05:09 AM] SKGM5 Rochester (Kellogg)
                     :  18.00 [05:15 AM] SJAM5 Rochester (John Adams)
 High Dew Point[F]   :  38.00 [11:28 PM] STMM5 West Concord
                     :  38.00 [06:42 PM] SRRI4 Rockford
                     :  38.00 [11:32 PM] SGMM5 Grand Meadow
                     : 1 Other Duplicates Skipped
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  13.00 [09:35 AM] SJAM5 Rochester (John Adams)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  25.00 [01:04 PM] SNII4 Thompson
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.06 [        ] SFCI4 Forest City
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 KELO WeatherNet      Reporting Stations: 39  Obs Received: 24516
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  81.00 [02:38 PM] SRAS2 Rapid City
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  20.00 [12:00 AM] SWTS2 Watertown
 High Dew Point[F]   :  65.00 [03:58 PM] SMSS2 Mission
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -39.00 [12:52 PM] SWAS2 Wall
                     : -39.00 [07:19 AM] SWTS2 Watertown
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  52.14 [12:12 AM] ICSI4 Inwood
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.63 [        ] WHSS2 Winner
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 Iowa NWS COOP        Reporting Stations: 113  Obs Received: 114
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  58.00 [        ] KNXI4 KNOXVILLE
                     :  58.00 [        ] AKYI4 ANKENY
                     :  58.00 [        ] ALRI4 ALLERTON
                     : 1 Other Duplicates Skipped
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  19.00 [        ] EKRI4 ELKADER 5 SSW
                     :  19.00 [        ] CRCI4 Cresco
                     :  19.00 [        ] WSHI4 WASHINGTON
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   1.12 [        ] KEQI4 DES MOINES RIVER AT KEOSAUQUA
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 Misc Stations        Reporting Stations: 5  Obs Received: 344
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  57.66 [11:00 AM] OT0007 ISU Agronomy II
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  44.10 [12:24 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
 High Dew Point[F]   :  55.00 [10:51 AM] OT0007 ISU Agronomy II
                     :  55.00 [09:48 AM] RAWDES Desoto
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  41.00 [12:00 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.04 [        ] OT0006 NE Ames

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