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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 04 September 2007

> News
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> Yesterday's Daily Feature

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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-09-04
 | Title : An August to Forget
 | Date  : 04 Sep 04:50 AM
 | Votes : Good: 16   Bad: 3
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Outside of a few isolated areas, the entire state received well above normal amounts of rainfall for August.  The featured chart details the daily precipiation reports from the Mason City Airport.  11.55 inches of rain fell for the month at Mason City, which is 7 inches greater than normal!  Thankfully, September has started off dry with no indication that a repeat of August is in the works.  Slight chances of rain are in the forecast for the end of this week, but nothing excessive is forecasted.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 04 Sep 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   46    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   1
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: 362
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 Low Air Temp[F]     :  57.02 [06:53 AM] MCW   MASON CITY
 High Dew Point[F]   :  71.96 [06:53 PM] OTM   OTTUMWA
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  55.04 [06:55 AM] DBQ   DUBUQUE
                     :  55.04 [06:53 AM] MCW   MASON CITY
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  23.00 [01:53 PM] MCW   MASON CITY
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.01 [        ] IOW   IOWA CITY
                     :   0.01 [        ] DVN   QUAD CITIES
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 Iowa AWOS            Reporting Stations: 41  Obs Received: 7459
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  95.00 [02:35 PM] MUT   MUSCATINE
 High Dew Point[F]   :  76.00 [06:47 PM] FSW   FORT MADISON
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  50.00 [06:35 AM] AIO   ATLANTIC
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  23.00 [01:07 PM] AXA   ALGONA
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 Iowa RWIS            Reporting Stations: 55  Obs Received: 7125
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  94.60 [04:36 PM] RBUI4 Burlington (US 34)
                     :  94.60 [04:57 PM] RMPI4 Mount Pleasant (US 218)
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  32.00 [01:58 AM] RBFI4 Bedford
 High Dew Point[F]   :  74.30 [07:29 PM] RBFI4 Bedford
                     :  74.30 [10:09 AM] RMPI4 Mount Pleasant (US 218)
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  32.00 [01:58 AM] RBFI4 Bedford
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  24.00 [01:39 PM] RMCI4 Mason City (I-35)
                     :  24.00 [01:37 PM] RFDI4 Fort Dodge (US 20)
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 KCCI SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 66  Obs Received: 91483
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  92.00 [02:23 PM] SOGI4 Ogden
                     :  92.00 [02:51 PM] SMDI4 Madrid
                     :  92.00 [12:18 PM] SBRI4 Brooklyn
                     : 1 Other Duplicates Skipped
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  60.00 [06:25 AM] SMSI4 Manson
                     :  60.00 [06:53 AM] SFAI4 Farnhamville
 High Dew Point[F]   :  86.00 [12:47 PM] SSTI4 Stuart
                     :  86.00 [01:06 PM] SLMI4 Latimer
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -25.00 [05:00 PM] SLMI4 Latimer
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  24.33 [01:12 PM] SMSI4 Manson
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 KIMT SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 24  Obs Received: 31832
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  93.00 [03:10 PM] SKGM5 Rochester (Kellogg)
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  59.00 [06:21 AM] SRRI4 Rockford
                     :  59.00 [06:08 AM] SMWI4 Mason City Newman
 High Dew Point[F]   :  72.00 [09:37 PM] SRVI4 Riceville
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  50.00 [03:51 PM] SCCI4 Charles City
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  17.00 [01:19 PM] SNII4 Thompson
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   2.85 [        ] SRVI4 Riceville
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 KELO WeatherNet      Reporting Stations: 39  Obs Received: 23348
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 High Air Temp[F]    : 104.00 [05:20 PM] SPIS2 Pierre
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  60.00 [06:36 AM] SWTS2 Watertown
 High Dew Point[F]   :  94.00 [03:11 PM] SMSS2 Mission
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -29.00 [11:44 AM] SHII4 Hull
                     : -29.00 [11:49 AM] SWTS2 Watertown
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  35.63 [12:07 AM] LDSS2 Lead _ Deadwood School
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 Iowa NWS COOP        Reporting Stations: 101  Obs Received: 557
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  93.00 [        ] DNNI4 DONNELLSON
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  44.00 [        ] MCWI4 WINNEBAGO RVR AT MASON CITY
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 Misc Stations        Reporting Stations: 5  Obs Received: 1962
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  81.90 [11:00 AM] OT0002 ISU | AGRONOMY HALL
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  68.59 [06:59 AM] OT0007 ISU Agronomy II
 High Dew Point[F]   :  73.00 [10:08 AM] OT0007 ISU Agronomy II
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  40.00 [12:48 PM] RAWDES Desoto

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