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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 17 October 2007
> News
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| Title : 3 million web hits
| Date : 18 Oct 10:03 AM
| Author: Daryl Herzmann
| URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/
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The IEM webfarm did 3.2 million hits on 17 October, which is the
first date over 3 million! Here are some milestones in website
traffic:
17 Jun 2001: 1rst hit
25 Jun 2001: 1,000+
19 Sep 2001: 10,000+
19 Mar 2004: 100,000+
25 May 2005: 200,000+
30 May 2006: 500,000+
29 Nov 2006: 1,000,000+
24 Feb 2007: 2,000,000+
17 Oct 2007: 3,000,000+
Everyday, the IEM is averaging around 2 million hits.
> Yesterday's Daily Feature
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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-10-17
| Title : Rainwater has few options
| Date : 17 Oct 07:03 AM
| Votes : Good: 17 Bad: 1
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The featured map is of unvalidated soil moisture estimates from the Iowa Daily Erosion Project. The amount of water in the top 10 cm of soil is shown with most locations depicted in blue at saturation. This leaves little choice for rainwater to either runoff or pool up on the surface. With heavy rain on the way from a powerful plains storm system set to impact the region, most of the area show in blue is currently under a flash flood watch.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 17 Oct 2007
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 58 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 10
Svr Tstorm 150 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: 640
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High Air Temp[F] : 71.60 [09:27 PM] BRL BURLINGTON
Low Air Temp[F] : 44.06 [03:53 AM] SPW SPENCER
: 44.06 [12:52 AM] SUX SIOUX CITY
: 44.06 [02:52 AM] EST ESTHERVILLE
High Dew Point[F] : 64.40 [08:13 PM] BRL BURLINGTON
Low Dew Point[F] : 42.08 [03:53 AM] SPW SPENCER
: 42.08 [12:52 AM] SUX SIOUX CITY
Peak Gust[knots] : 38.00 [09:30 PM] BRL BURLINGTON
Max Rainfall [inch] : 1.43 [ ] OTM OTTUMWA
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Iowa AWOS Reporting Stations: 42 Obs Received: 8010
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High Air Temp[F] : 69.00 [08:46 PM] EOK KEOKUK MUNI
Low Air Temp[F] : 41.00 [12:35 AM] ADU AUDUBON
High Dew Point[F] : 66.00 [08:56 PM] FSW FORT MADISON
Low Dew Point[F] : 41.00 [04:35 AM] CWI CLINTON
: 41.00 [06:35 AM] MUT None
: 41.00 [12:35 AM] MXO MONTICELLO MUNI
: 3 Other Duplicates Skipped
Peak Gust[knots] : 38.00 [09:06 PM] EOK KEOKUK MUNI
Max Rainfall [inch] : 2.10 [ ] MUT MUSCATINE
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Iowa RWIS Reporting Stations: 54 Obs Received: 7341
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High Air Temp[F] : 71.20 [01:16 PM] RCBI4 Council Bluffs (I-80)
Low Air Temp[F] : 43.10 [02:45 AM] RSLI4 Storm Lake (US 71/IA 3)
High Dew Point[F] : 66.80 [05:16 PM] RCBI4 Council Bluffs (I-80)
Low Dew Point[F] : 40.30 [02:35 PM] RDCI4 Decorah (IA 9)
Peak Gust[knots] : 39.00 [04:20 PM] RONI4 Onawa (I-29)
: 39.00 [09:09 PM] RHAI4 Hanlontown (I-35)
Max Rainfall [inch] : 1.30 [ ] RDCI4 Decorah (IA 9)
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KCCI SchoolNet Reporting Stations: 69 Obs Received: 94588
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High Air Temp[F] : 66.00 [10:17 AM] SBRI4 Brooklyn
Low Air Temp[F] : 43.00 [01:48 AM] SMAI4 Marshalltown
High Dew Point[F] : 64.00 [12:38 PM] SCEI4 Centerville
Low Dew Point[F] : -3.00 [01:45 PM] SLMI4 Latimer
Peak Gust[knots] : 36.50 [06:21 PM] SGLI4 Glidden
Max Rainfall [inch] : 2.51 [ ] SBMI4 Bloomfield
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KIMT SchoolNet Reporting Stations: 26 Obs Received: 33398
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High Air Temp[F] : 68.00 [12:30 PM] SFMM5 Rochester (Friedell)
: 68.00 [12:33 PM] SKGM5 Rochester (Kellogg)
Low Air Temp[F] : 44.00 [02:15 AM] STKI4 Titonka
: 44.00 [03:46 AM] SGMM5 Grand Meadow
High Dew Point[F] : 60.00 [02:39 PM] SRRI4 Rockford
Low Dew Point[F] : 42.00 [03:18 AM] SNKI4 Northwood
Peak Gust[knots] : 26.00 [08:20 PM] SKWI4 Kanawha
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.59 [ ] SCQI4 Cresco
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KELO WeatherNet Reporting Stations: 45 Obs Received: 24872
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High Air Temp[F] : 62.00 [12:54 PM] EPJS2 Elk Point
: 62.00 [01:31 PM] MTYS2 Marty, SD
Low Air Temp[F] : 37.00 [04:37 AM] MLES2 Miller
High Dew Point[F] : 62.00 [12:54 PM] EPJS2 Elk Point
Low Dew Point[F] : -30.00 [12:22 PM] SWTS2 Watertown
Peak Gust[knots] : 36.50 [08:21 PM] SPIS2 Pierre
Max Rainfall [inch] : 1.89 [ ] MTYS2 Marty, SD
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Iowa NWS COOP Reporting Stations: 142 Obs Received: 616
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High Air Temp[F] : 69.00 [ ] EKRI4 ELKADER 5 SSW
: 69.00 [ ] SNYI4 Stanley
Low Air Temp[F] : 42.00 [ ] MPTI4 MAPLETON NO 2
: 42.00 [ ] SIXI4 SIOUX CENTER 2 SE
: 42.00 [ ] AUDI4 AUDUBON 1 SSE
: 1 Other Duplicates Skipped
Max Rainfall [inch] : 3.05 [ ] OKMI4 CEDAR CK NR OAKLAND MILLS
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Misc Stations Reporting Stations: 5 Obs Received: 1980
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High Air Temp[F] : 75.00 [12:48 PM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
Low Air Temp[F] : 56.50 [07:55 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
High Dew Point[F] : 58.00 [12:01 AM] OT0007 ISU Agronomy II
Low Dew Point[F] : 40.00 [12:48 PM] RAWDES Desoto
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.16 [ ] OT0006 NE Ames
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