From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sat Aug 1 11:01:03 2009
From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu)
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908011601.n71G13xQ005039@iem10.local>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 31 July 2009
> News
+----------------------------------------------
| Title : IEM Database Upgrade
| Date : 31 Jul 11:57 PM
| Author: Daryl Herzmann
| URL : http://postgis.refractions.net
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The IEM database server just got a big hardware and software
upgrade. It will take me a bit to straighten out a few datasets, but
otherwise things should be good to go. Please let me know of any
applications you see problems with. A couple of database syncs are
still processing, so the known errors should stop around 2 AM or so.
This upgrade puts the IEM at PostgreSQL 8.4 and PostGIS 1.4.
> Yesterday's Daily Feature
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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-07-31
| Title : Average Temperature
| Date : 31 Jul 06:06 AM
| Votes : Good: 22 Bad: 3
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Today's feature is a bit of a thought provoker for you to consider. July's average temperature is expected to be the coldest on record for Iowa, but what is an "average temperature"? Setting aside the spatial aspects, typically this value is the simple average of the daily high and low temperature (since that observation is the most commonly available for the longest periods). Since automated sensors report information every hour, how does a simple average of these values compare with the average of the high and low daily temperature? The featured chart presents the monthly mean biases based on observations from the Des Moines Airport site back to 1973. The positive values mean the simple average of high and low temperature yields a warmer value than the average of the hourly observations. The red bar represents the 95% confidence level for the mean. There is a clear annual signal in this chart, what causes it?
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 31 Jul 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 5 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 133 0 | 0 0 0 2 6 | 4
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
From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Sun Aug 2 11:01:03 2009
From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu)
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908021601.n72G13Uc016951@iem10.local>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 01 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Yesterday's Daily Feature
No feature posted.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 01 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 28 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
From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Mon Aug 3 11:01:03 2009
From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908031601.n73G13Cp003984@iem10.local>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 02 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Yesterday's Daily Feature
No feature posted.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 02 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 8 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 95 5 | 0 0 0 1 14 | 4
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
From mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu Tue Aug 4 11:01:04 2009
From: mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu (mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:01:04 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908041601.n74G145x032214@iem10.local>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 03 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Yesterday's Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-03
| Title : Diurnal Cycle
| Date : 03 Aug 06:05 AM
| Votes : Good: 16 Bad: 4
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On Friday, the featured plot shown two seasonal maxima of difference between the daily average computed by taking the high and low temperature to that of taken by averaging hourly observations. The question remains as to why these appear... Today's featured plot displays the composite diurnal temperature cycle for four months of interest. The plots are normalized by their respective daily average temperature computed by averaging the high and low. The plot means are displayed in the legend for each month. It may take another feature plot before this mini-mystery is resolved!
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 03 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 90 10 | 2 0 7 0 9 | 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
From akrherz at iastate.edu Wed Aug 5 11:01:01 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:01:01 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908051601.n75G11vY009464@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 05 August 2009
> News
+----------------------------------------------
| Title : Server outage
| Date : 05 Aug 06:56 AM
| Author: Daryl Herzmann
| URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/
+----------------------------------------------
One of the IEM webfarm's network cards failed for some reason
leading to a nasty outage lasting from roughly 3 AM till 6:45 AM.
Unfortunately, the process that should have awaken me from my slumber
failed as well. Sorry about the troubles.
> Daily Feature
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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-04
| Title : July Dew Points
| Date : 04 Aug 06:14 AM
| Votes : Good: 34 Bad: 3
+----------------------------------------------
This past July will probably be the coldest on record once all of the data is collected. The featured plot displays the average dew point for Des Moines for the past Julys since 1973. The lack of humidity helps to allow temperatures to cool off during the night time. August has started off muggy and warm, which is a welcome change of pace for now.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 04 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 5 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 243 0 | 0 3 0 7 0 | 11
Fl Flood 41 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
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Thu Aug 6 11:01:02 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:01:02 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908061601.n76G12Tu013725@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 06 August 2009
> News
+----------------------------------------------
| Title : Server outage
| Date : 06 Aug 04:30 AM
| Author: Daryl Herzmann
| URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/
+----------------------------------------------
One of the IEM webfarm's network cards failed for some reason
leading to a nasty outage lasting from roughly 3 AM till 6:45 AM.
Unfortunately, the process that should have awaken me from my slumber
failed as well. Sorry about the troubles.
Update 4 AM - 6 Aug: Same error happened again this morning around 2:30 AM. I got the server back going just after 4 AM. This time my automated alerts worked, but the volume was not quite loud enough on my phone :). Will figure this out somehow!
> Daily Feature
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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-05
| Title : Yet another July feature
| Date : 05 Aug 06:53 AM
| Votes : Good: 12 Bad: 3
+----------------------------------------------
The featured chart is of daily high and low temperature percentiles for Cedar Rapids this past July. It is amazing to think how cool the entire month was with not a single day over the 50th percentile for high temperature and only 1 day for low.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 05 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 273 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
Fl Flood 25 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
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Fri Aug 7 11:01:03 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908071601.n77G13xv024438@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 07 August 2009
> News
+----------------------------------------------
| Title : July AWOS data uploaded
| Date : 06 Aug 12:39 PM
| Author: Daryl Herzmann
| URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/AWOS/
+----------------------------------------------
The July 1 minute interval data from the Iowa AWOS network has been
uploaded to the IEM. The Iowa DOT also kindly provided the data for
August 3rd, which was used to make today's
feature regarding the heat burst event.
> Daily Feature
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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-06
| Title : Small Heat Burst
| Date : 06 Aug 05:17 AM
| Votes : Good: 19 Bad: 3
+----------------------------------------------
A decaying area of thunderstorms produced a small heat burst over small portions of Eastern Iowa Monday morning. The featured chart is a 1 minute time series of AWOS observations from the Monticello airport. You can see the classic coupled rise of temperature with drop of dew point with an increased wind speed. Sometimes these events can lead to very rapid warming (enough to damage some plants).
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 06 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 4 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
Svr Tstorm 113 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
Fl Flood 7 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
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Sat Aug 8 11:01:03 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908081601.n78G13KC008839@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 08 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-07
| Title : Weekend warmer than July
| Date : 07 Aug 06:08 AM
| Votes : Good: 25 Bad: 4
+----------------------------------------------
The forecast for this weekend calls for some of the warmest weather of the year. Temperatures will easily exceed anything we experienced during July as shown by the featured map. Hard to believe that the highest temperature for the month was just in the lower 80s.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 07 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 38 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
Fl Flood 3 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
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Sun Aug 9 11:01:03 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908091601.n79G13gh019723@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 09 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
No feature posted
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 08 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 19 0 | 0 0 0 0 8 | 2
Svr Tstorm 50 2 | 0 0 2 0 8 | 2
Fl Flood 7 0 | 3 0 0 0 0 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Mon Aug 10 11:01:02 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:01:02 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908101601.n7AG12im027409@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 10 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
No feature posted
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 09 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 9 1 | 0 0 1 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 154 27 | 2 12 23 10 1 | 12
Fl Flood 26 0 | 0 4 0 0 0 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Tue Aug 11 11:01:09 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:01:09 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908111601.n7BG19I4020831@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 11 August 2009
> News
+----------------------------------------------
| Title : July ASOS data uploaded
| Date : 10 Aug 09:29 PM
| Author: Daryl Herzmann
| URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/asos/1min.phtml
+----------------------------------------------
The 1 minute interval Iowa ASOS data for July has been uploaded to
the IEM. This data is found on the National Climatic Data Center
website, but is in a rather nasty format. The IEM gives it our best
shot converting and storing this information. Please use care when
using this dataset.
> Daily Feature
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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-10
| Title : US-20 Storm
| Date : 10 Aug 06:09 AM
| Votes : Good: 22 Bad: 9
+----------------------------------------------
The featured map is of local storm reports from the first round of storms on Sunday which all fall within a few miles of US Highway 20. Subsequent rounds of storms brought large hail and damaging winds as a slow moving cold front drifted south thru Iowa. The city of Eldora was particularly hard hit on Sunday with very large hail damaging a good number of windows.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 10 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 5 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 197 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 7
Fl Flood 31 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 202 Verified: 85 [42.1 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [69.1 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [38.4 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [20.6 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1582 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.88]
False Alarm Ration (lower is better) [0.58]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.40]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Wed Aug 12 11:01:06 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:01:06 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908121601.n7CG16KR032344@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 12 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-11
| Title : Steady it goes
| Date : 11 Aug 06:11 AM
| Votes : Good: 22 Bad: 5
+----------------------------------------------
The featured graph shows estimated accumulated precipitation for this year since 1 April along with values from 2008 and the climatology. On a statewide basis, this year has seen rainfall totals mostly fall in line with climatology. In fact, no portion of the state is currently depicted with drought conditions. The forecast calls for dry and warm conditions into this coming weekend.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 11 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 103 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
Fl Flood 14 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 100 Verified: 35 [35.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [77.1 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [27.3 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [18.4 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1203 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.69]
False Alarm Ration (lower is better) [0.65]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.30]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Thu Aug 13 11:01:05 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:01:05 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908131601.n7DG15Mw029739@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 13 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-12
| Title : Record Cold July
| Date : 12 Aug 06:11 AM
| Votes : Good: 25 Bad: 5
+----------------------------------------------
The featured map is from a NOAA story placing Iowa's July as the coldest on record for the state. We were not alone though with Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania also experiencing their coldest month on record. August has been a completely different story with highs near normal just about every day.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 12 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 64 0 | 0 0 0 0 3 | 1
Fl Flood 41 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 66 Verified: 26 [39.4 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [74.0 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [26.4 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [13.8 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1523 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.58]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.61]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.31]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Fri Aug 14 11:01:03 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908141601.n7EG13lw007804@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 14 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-13
| Title : Another Hail Scar
| Date : 13 Aug 06:08 AM
| Votes : Good: 20 Bad: 5
+----------------------------------------------
A few weeks ago, the result of a significant hail storm in Northeast Iowa was featured by showing the impact on vegetation. Another major hail storm left a similar scar over Central Iowa on Sunday and its effect can be seen as well. The featured image transitions from the Terra MODIS imagery to NEXRAD maximum reflectivity composite. Like with the previous feature, you can see the correlation between the highest reflectivites and the damage on the ground.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 13 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 29 1 | 1 0 2 0 0 | 1
Fl Flood 9 0 | 1 0 0 0 0 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 28 Verified: 7 [25.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [64.0 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [34.4 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [5.5 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [2460 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.35]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.75]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.17]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Sat Aug 15 11:01:05 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:01:05 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908151601.n7FG15qI019455@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 15 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-14
| Title : The Summer of '09
| Date : 14 Aug 06:07 AM
| Votes : Good: 16 Bad: 8
+----------------------------------------------
The featured graph is the daily departure from average of Growing Degree Days (base=86) for Dubuque. A positive value means that the day accumulated more GDDs than what would be expected for that date. The number of and size of negative numbers on this graph is impressive. The only really warm stretch in mid June might be what saved the agricultural crops this year.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 14 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 73 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
Fl Flood 16 0 | 1 0 0 0 0 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 71 Verified: 23 [32.4 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [78.4 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [19.8 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [12.7 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [2290 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.67]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.68]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.28]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Sun Aug 16 11:01:03 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908161601.n7GG13nv022046@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 16 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
No feature posted
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 15 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 1 0 | 0 0 0 1 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 53 0 | 0 0 0 4 0 | 2
Fl Flood 8 0 | 0 0 0 3 1 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 53 Verified: 28 [52.8 %]
PHP Notice: Undefined index: parea in /var/www/include/cow.php on line 115
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [70.9 %]
PHP Notice: Undefined index: perimeter in /var/www/include/cow.php on line 198
Average Perimeter Ratio [26.8 %]
PHP Notice: Undefined index: parea in /var/www/include/cow.php on line 229
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [13.9 %]
PHP Notice: Undefined index: parea in /var/www/include/cow.php on line 105
Average Storm Based Warning Size [3146 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.78]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.47]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.46]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Mon Aug 17 11:01:03 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908171601.n7HG13Ft010625@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 17 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
No feature posted
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 16 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 3 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 36 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Fl Flood 14 0 | 0 0 0 1 1 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 36 Verified: 16 [44.4 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [71.6 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [29.6 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [21.4 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1097 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.64]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.56]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.36]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Tue Aug 18 11:02:16 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:02:16 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908181602.n7IG2GZc015020@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 18 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-17
| Title : August winds and temps
| Date : 17 Aug 05:59 AM
| Votes : Good: 15 Bad: 6
+----------------------------------------------
Cooler air worked into Iowa on Sunday thanks to a pleasant westerly wind. The featured chart looks at the mean temperature for a given wind direction at 2 PM for Des Moines in August. You can see the warmest temperatures occur when the winds are from the south to southwest, which is typical for any month of the year in Iowa.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 17 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 6 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 125 0 | 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
Fl Flood 29 0 | 0 2 0 0 0 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 130 Verified: 60 [46.2 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [72.2 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [32.8 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [18.3 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1498 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.82]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.54]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.42]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Wed Aug 19 11:01:10 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:01:10 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908191601.n7JG1A0m031307@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 19 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-18
| Title : Some dryness to worry about
| Date : 18 Aug 06:05 AM
| Votes : Good: 15 Bad: 5
+----------------------------------------------
The featured map is an analysis of estimated precipitation departure for the year. While the southeast half of the state is in good shape, portions of Northern and Southwestern Iowa are starting to accumulate deficits around 2 to 5 inches. The cool summer had helped to mitigate the impact due to decreased evaporation. The forecast has a couple rounds of storms on Wednesday with locally heavy rain possible.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 18 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 10 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 126 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
Fl Flood 22 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 133 Verified: 64 [48.1 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [78.7 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [27.0 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [16.2 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [2192 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.83]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.52]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.44]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Thu Aug 20 11:40:23 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:40:23 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908201640.n7KGeNZ8021151@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 20 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-19
| Title : Few SDDs
| Date : 19 Aug 06:12 AM
| Votes : Good: 25 Bad: 5
+----------------------------------------------
Stress Degree Days are an indicator of the stress plants may experience due to excessive heat. The statistic is computed by adding up the daily temperatures over 86 degrees. Since we have had very few really warm days, it is no wonder that our SDD value for this year is a mere 21 units compared with a long term mean of 78. The featured plot shows the yearly accumulation of SDDs for Ames up until the 19th of August.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 19 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 71 6 | 7 1 0 0 0 | 5
Svr Tstorm 141 6 | 0 1 3 11 4 | 3
Fl Flood 21 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 208 Verified: 81 [38.9 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [64.6 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [34.8 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [22.5 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1473 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.79]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.61]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.35]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Fri Aug 21 11:01:06 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:01:06 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908211601.n7LG16Pk021239@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 21 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-20
| Title : Lower 70s
| Date : 20 Aug 06:04 AM
| Votes : Good: 22 Bad: 4
+----------------------------------------------
A cold front swept the state overnight bringing cooler air into the state once again. The featured map is forecasted high temperatures from the NWS for today with high temperatures only in the low to mid 70s. The next few days look on the cool side before a warm up next week.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 20 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 18 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 113 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
Fl Flood 26 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 130 Verified: 61 [46.9 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [63.4 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [43.8 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [20.2 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1581 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.80]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.53]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.42]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Sat Aug 22 11:01:09 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:01:09 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908221601.n7MG19Me019859@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 22 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-21
| Title : Afternoon Showers
| Date : 21 Aug 06:02 AM
| Votes : Good: 13 Bad: 7
+----------------------------------------------
A bit of late summer sunshine and some cool air overhead are often enough to fire off a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. The featured plot is a timeseries from Thursday of mean surface air temperature for Iowa along with the portion of the state covered by showers. The plot shows how the coverage of storms peaked late afternoon and rapidly diminished as the temperature cooled off as well (reducing instability). The same situation looks to repeat on Friday with near record minimum high temperatures expected!
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 21 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 13 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
Svr Tstorm 163 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
Fl Flood 20 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 176 Verified: 68 [38.6 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [75.9 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [25.9 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [18.5 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1522 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.81]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.61]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.35]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Sun Aug 23 11:01:05 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:01:05 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908231601.n7NG15BL006870@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 23 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
No feature posted
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 22 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 39 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
Fl Flood 32 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 40 Verified: 15 [37.5 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [87.8 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [34.7 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [18.3 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1093 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.59]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.63]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.30]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Mon Aug 24 11:01:03 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908241601.n7OG13j0018571@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 24 August 2009
> News
+----------------------------------------------
| Title : March COOP data uploaded
| Date : 24 Aug 09:36 AM
| Author: Daryl Herzmann
| URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/climodat/
+----------------------------------------------
The quality controlled COOP data for March 2009 has been uploaded
to the IEM. The climodat reports have been subsequently updated as
well. Harry Hillaker, our state climatologist, passes along these
notes for the month:
The statewide average
temperature was 36.7 degrees or 0.7 degrees above normal. Precipitation
averaged 3.11 inches or 0.90 inches above normal while snowfall
averaged 1.4
inches or 3.4 inches less than usual. This ranks as the 51st warmest and
19th wettest March among 137 years of records. Snowfall was the 15th
lowest among 122 years of records for March. The last March with
less snow
was in 1997.
New daily records set for the month:
_____2009____________________ 2008 ________
MAR FEB JAN DEC NOV OCT SEP AUG JUL
Maximum High: 84 75 0 24 159 2 0 5 0
Minimum High: 32 0 56 66 28 0 165 2 11
Maximum Low: 50 87 0 21 164 29 43 3 0
Minimum Low: 4 0 132 2 12 4 11 3 0
Maximum Precip: 122 39 51 102 55 58 41 11 109
> Daily Feature
No feature posted
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 23 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 3 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
Svr Tstorm 31 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
Fl Flood 13 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 30 Verified: 11 [36.7 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [92.2 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [21.1 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [11.2 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1877 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.80]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.63]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.34]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Tue Aug 25 11:01:05 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:01:05 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908251601.n7PG15cj026276@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 25 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-24
| Title : Failing grade for temperatures
| Date : 24 Aug 06:09 AM
| Votes : Good: 18 Bad: 5
+----------------------------------------------
With fall semester school starting most everywhere by today, one would have to give our recent stretch of weather a failing grade for underperforming mean values. The featured chart is from Mason City and shows that highs have been below average for the past 9 days. Monday does look warmer with highs back in the 80s!
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 24 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 21 0 | 0 0 0 1 1 | 1
Fl Flood 6 0 | 0 0 0 1 1 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 20 Verified: 13 [65.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [63.1 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [28.7 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [15.0 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [2462 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.90]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.35]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.61]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Wed Aug 26 11:01:03 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908261601.n7QG13bL022314@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 26 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-25
| Title : Too few days
| Date : 25 Aug 05:59 AM
| Votes : Good: 20 Bad: 4
+----------------------------------------------
Preliminary data suggests that Cedar Rapids has only seen 26 days with a high temperature above average since 1 May and that would be a record minimum for the time period up until 25 August. The next two lowest and two highest years are shown on the featured chart. 1988 was a very hot and dry year in Iowa with just a mere 17 days below average. The forecast for today places us around 80, but thunderstorms will prevent significant warm ups.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 25 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 39 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Fl Flood 7 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 39 Verified: 23 [59.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [75.3 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [39.3 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [30.0 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1150 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.69]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.41]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.47]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Thu Aug 27 11:37:33 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:37:33 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908271637.n7RGbXh2016874@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 27 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-26
| Title : Uptick in moisture
| Date : 26 Aug 06:07 AM
| Votes : Good: 10 Bad: 11
+----------------------------------------------
Muggy weather has made a return to the state after about 10 days of drier air. A slow moving frontal boundary is expected to settle south of the state today allowing some drier air to return.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 26 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 75 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
Fl Flood 7 2 | 0 4 0 0 0 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 73 Verified: 25 [34.2 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [75.5 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [23.7 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [15.7 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1305 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.76]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.66]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.31]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Fri Aug 28 11:01:03 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908281601.n7SG13K3019069@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 28 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-27
| Title : Rain out
| Date : 27 Aug 06:01 AM
| Votes : Good: 30 Bad: 3
+----------------------------------------------
The featured map is a computed estimate of the amount of time it has rained from Tuesday to Wednesday evening. Locations along US Highway 20 experienced off and on rainfall for most of the period with totals upwards of 5-6 inches observed. The good news is that this mess will finally shift far enough south to put us in for a dry weekend.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 27 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 19 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Fl Flood 17 3 | 0 11 0 0 0 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 19 Verified: 5 [26.3 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [81.2 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [25.0 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [10.0 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1239 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.55]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.74]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.22]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Sat Aug 29 18:36:04 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:36:04 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908292336.n7TNa4EE014521@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 29 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
+----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-08-28
| Title : This is so 2008
| Date : 28 Aug 06:10 AM
| Votes : Good: 20 Bad: 7
+----------------------------------------------
Heavy rainfall is once again causing problems in Iowa as if it was the
year 2008 again. The featured map is an estimate of the total
rainfall for the past 7 days. Select locations in the Cedar Rapids
and Iowa City area have seen upwards of 8-10 inches causing flooding,
but nothing like what was seen in 2008. The good news is that our
weekend looks dry, but will be on the cool side of what to expect in
late August.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 28 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 17 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Fl Flood 17 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 19 Verified: 5 [26.3 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [56.6 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [46.5 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [16.5 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1084 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.82]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.74]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.25]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Sun Aug 30 11:01:04 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:01:04 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908301601.n7UG14S2016819@despam-10.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 30 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
No feature posted
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 29 Aug 2009
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 0 0 | 0
Fl Flood 7 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 14 Verified: 3 [21.4 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [89.1 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [17.5 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [9.4 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1262 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.44]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.79]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.17]
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From akrherz at iastate.edu Mon Aug 31 11:01:03 2009
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0500
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <200908311601.n7VG13YF018786@despam-11.iastate.edu>
Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 31 August 2009
> News
No news is good news
> Daily Feature
No feature posted
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 30 Aug 2009
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 3 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 8 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Fl Flood 5 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
> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 10 Verified: 2 [20.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based [83.8 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio [29.8 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [1.1 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size [1257 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.57]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.80]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.17]
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