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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 30 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=2007-03-30
 | Title : More rain coming
 | Date  : 30 Mar 07:29 AM
 | Votes : Good: 21   Bad: 5
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It is a hard thing to curse the rain, since when it stops for a long period of time (drought) the impacts on agriculture in Iowa can be substancial.  The featured image is of forecasted rainfall for the next 5 days showing the heaviest predictions of around 3 inches in extreme Western Iowa.   There will be some threat for severe weather with these storms, but the primary impact will be flooding concerns.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 30 Mar 2007

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado      37    1 |   0     0     0     0     1 |   5
Svr Tstorm  142    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   2
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: 744
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  71.96 [03:52 PM] SUX   SIOUX CITY
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  46.40 [10:08 PM] DBQ   DUBUQUE
                     :  46.40 [11:53 PM] MCW   None
 High Dew Point[F]   :  60.98 [11:53 AM] OTM   OTTUMWA
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  41.00 [11:13 PM] DBQ   DUBUQUE
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  26.00 [06:07 AM] BRL   BURLINGTON
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   1.16 [        ] MCW   MASON CITY
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 Iowa AWOS            Reporting Stations: 40  Obs Received: 5468
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  75.00 [03:55 PM] CBF   COUNCIL BLUFFS
                     :  75.00 [03:44 PM] RDK   RED OAK
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  46.40 [09:15 PM] MXO   None
                     :  46.40 [07:35 AM] DEH   None
                     :  46.40 [09:15 PM] CCY   None
                     : 2 Other Duplicates Skipped
 High Dew Point[F]   :  66.00 [01:24 PM] OXV   KNOXVILLE
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  41.00 [11:35 PM] CWI   CLINTON
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  44.00 [01:04 AM] ICL   CLARINDA
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   1.07 [        ] RDK   RED OAK
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 Iowa RWIS            Reporting Stations: 54  Obs Received: 7423
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  77.10 [03:35 PM] RCBI4 Council Bluffs (I-80)
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  44.80 [11:29 PM] RHAI4 Hanlontown (I-35)
 High Dew Point[F]   :  68.80 [01:15 PM] RSCI4 Sioux City (I-29)
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  38.90 [02:53 AM] RDCI4 Decorah (IA 9)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  25.00 [03:52 AM] RPLI4 Pella (IA 163)
                     :  25.00 [04:18 AM] RMTI4 Marshalltown (US 30)
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.01 [        ] RWLI4 Waterloo (US 20)
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 KCCI SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 69  Obs Received: 93652
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  75.00 [01:28 PM] SGLI4 Glidden
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  14.00 [04:12 AM] SNEI4 Newton
 High Dew Point[F]   :  75.00 [01:28 PM] SGLI4 Glidden
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  14.00 [01:05 AM] SWAI4 Wall Lake
                     :  14.00 [04:12 AM] SNEI4 Newton
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  26.94 [06:35 PM] SCOI4 Colo
                     :  26.94 [12:06 AM] SMLI4 Mallard
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   1.26 [        ] SCOI4 Colo
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 KIMT SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 21  Obs Received: 26113
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  62.00 [02:12 PM] SKWI4 Kanawha
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  43.00 [10:53 AM] SWLM5 Rochester (Willow Creek)
                     :  43.00 [07:50 AM] SFCM5 Preston
                     :  43.00 [07:35 AM] SGMM5 Grand Meadow
 High Dew Point[F]   :  62.00 [02:12 PM] SKWI4 Kanawha
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  41.00 [10:05 AM] SWLM5 Rochester (Willow Creek)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  19.00 [03:01 PM] SGMM5 Grand Meadow
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   1.58 [        ] SCKI4 Clear Lake
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 KELO WeatherNet      Reporting Stations: 44  Obs Received: 27008
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  90.00 [03:38 AM] SHII4 Hull
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  23.00 [04:41 AM] LDSS2 Lead _ Deadwood School
 High Dew Point[F]   :  66.00 [01:17 PM] EPJS2 Elk Point
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -27.00 [11:49 PM] SMIS2 Milbank
                     : -27.00 [12:00 AM] SWTS2 Watertown
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  46.92 [06:20 AM] ICSI4 Inwood
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   1.28 [        ] SPIS2 Pierre
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 Iowa NWS COOP        Reporting Stations: 110  Obs Received: 111
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  75.00 [        ] MPTI4 MAPLETON NO 2
                     :  75.00 [        ] ONAI4 ONAWA 3 NW
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  42.00 [        ] SNYI4 Stanley
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   2.54 [        ] JMEI4 JAMES 1 NE
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 Misc Stations        Reporting Stations: 5  Obs Received: 2001
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  60.00 [09:48 AM] RAWDES Desoto
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  52.00 [01:48 AM] RAWDES Desoto
 High Dew Point[F]   :  57.00 [12:48 AM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  50.00 [12:48 AM] RAWDES Desoto
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.49 [        ] OT0006 NE Ames

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