From akrherz at iastate.edu Sun Nov 1 11:02:00 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:02:00 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911011702.nA1H20ZI026379@despam-10.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 01 November 2009 > News No news is good news > Daily Feature No feature posted > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 31 Oct 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 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 1 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 No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Tue Nov 3 11:01:03 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:01:03 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911031701.nA3H13aH001115@despam-11.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 03 November 2009 > News No news is good news > Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-11-02 | Title : Record October | Date : 02 Nov 04:06 AM | Votes : Good: 30 Bad: 7 +---------------------------------------------- The big story for October was the record breaking amount of rainfall observed for the month. The featured image is an IEM estimated rainfall percentile showing most of Northern Iowa at 100, which means the highest amount on record. Thankfully, November is starting off mostly dry with only a few light showers expected this week. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 02 Nov 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 0 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 > IEM Cow Report No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Wed Nov 4 11:01:02 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:01:02 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911041701.nA4H12Kb015747@despam-11.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 04 November 2009 > News No news is good news > Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-11-03 | Title : Staying above the trend line | Date : 03 Nov 06:10 AM | Votes : Good: 14 Bad: 6 +---------------------------------------------- The featured chart is a comparison of the accumulated rainfall for this year and last along with the climatological accumulation. In general, the running total for this year has remained above the climatology with the heavy rainfall in October pushing us well north of average again. We are still a ways from repeating 2008, which is a good thing. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 03 Nov 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 0 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 > IEM Cow Report No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The recent heavy rain last week caused the river to rise, but nothing significant for Ames. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 04 Nov 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 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 1 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 No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The most significant difference is the number of tornado warnings in May being half of the total for 2008. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 05 Nov 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 0 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 > IEM Cow Report No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A very wet October did not help the still standing crops any as mold is now a major problem with the corn and soybean crops. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 06 Nov 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 0 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 > IEM Cow Report No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The one minute interval Iowa AWOS data for October has been uploaded to the IEM data coffers. > Daily Feature No feature posted > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 08 Nov 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 0 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 > IEM Cow Report No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Tue Nov 10 11:01:03 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:01:03 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911101701.nAAH13To011051@despam-11.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 10 November 2009 > News +---------------------------------------------- | Title : Oct ASOS data uploaded | Date : 10 Nov 08:58 AM | Author: Daryl Herzmann | URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/asos/1min.phtml +----------------------------------------------

The one minute interval data from the Iowa ASOS network for October has been uploaded to the IEM. As a reminder, data for Omaha, Moline, and Sioux Falls is also available in the provided archive. +---------------------------------------------- | Title : July COOP data uploaded | Date : 09 Nov 03:38 PM | Author: Daryl Herzmann | URL : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/climodat/ +---------------------------------------------- The quality controlled Iowa COOP data for July has been uploaded to the IEM. Harry Hillaker, our State Climatologist, passes along these notes about the month:

The statewide average temperature was 68.1 degrees or 5.7 degrees below normal while precipitation averaged 4.73 inches or 0.48 inches above normal. This ranks as the coolest and 34th wettest July among 137 years of records. The previous record cool July was in 1891 with a statewide average of 68.3 degrees. Temperatures reached into the 90's on only one day of the month (24th) with only 14 of 138 official temperature stations reaching 90. Onawa and Ankeny were the hot spots with 93 degree maximums. At Dubuque, Northwood and Waukon the highest temperature of the month was only 82 degrees. New Hampton recorded a daytime high of only 59 degrees on the 17th. At Waukon there were twice as many days with highs in the 60's (6) as with highs in the 80's (3).

The following is a report of the number new daily records set for Iowa Climate sites back to 1951.

                 __________2009____________________ 2008 ___
                 JUL  JUN  MAY  APR  MAR  FEB  JAN  DEC  NOV 
Maximum High:      0   25   15   46   84   75    0   24  159
Minimum High:    235   67   18   24   32    0   56   66   28
Maximum Low:       0   35    1    1   50   87    0   21  164
Minimum Low:     144    4   43    1    4    0  132    2   12
Maximum Precip:   58   41   51   76  122   39   51  102   55

Additionally, here are some raw statistics on how the final QC'd data compares with the IEM estimated values. There were no code modification made to the estimator for July's data.

                 _____2009_________
                  JUL   JUN
High Temp Bias   0.7   0.5
High Temp RMSE   1.2   1.0
Low  Temp Bias   0.7   1.2
Low  Temp RMSE   1.3   1.6
Precip    Bias  -0.47 -0.36
Precip    RMSE   0.72  0.86
> Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-11-09 | Title : We'll take the 70s | Date : 09 Nov 06:05 AM | Votes : Good: 19 Bad: 4 +---------------------------------------------- Temperatures soared this past weekend into the 70s, which is well above average for this time of year. The weather is exactly what Iowa farmers needed to help get the harvest in. Another week of dry weather appears to be in store this week with high temperatures slightly cooler in the 50s. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 09 Nov 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 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 1 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 No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The path and speed of Tropical Storm Ida is already impacting our weather and will continue to for the rest of the week. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 10 Nov 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 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 4 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 No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This all is great news to farmers still working to get the fall crops harvested. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 11 Nov 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 0 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 No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The dry stretch in November looks to be interrupted this weekend with the approach of a couple of storm systems. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 12 Nov 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 1 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: 1 Verified: 1 [100.0 %] Reduction of Size Versus County Based [90.1 %] Average Perimeter Ratio [0.0 %] Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [58.4 %] Average Storm Based Warning Size [449 sq km] Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.50] False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.00] Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.50] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The forecast has us cooling off a bit with highs back in the 40s next week. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 13 Nov 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 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 2 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 No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Some snowfall is expected out of this storm system as temperatures will hover very close to freezing. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 16 Nov 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 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 10 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 No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Notice the blotchy nature of the precipitation shield over unsaturated air and how the NEXRAD presentation changes as the relative humidity approaches 100%. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 17 Nov 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 0 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 > IEM Cow Report No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The featured chart looks at the frequency of Mason City having a warmer high temperature than Lamoni (north/south comparison) and also Dubuque having a warmer high than Sioux City (east/west comparison). In November, Mason City is warmer than Lamoni about 10% of the time (think of it as 3 days for the month). The chart shows an interesting annual signal and a probable change in the dominate spatial temperature structure between the summer and wintertime. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 18 Nov 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 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 1 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 No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The various IEM apps utilizing this dataset should be working with current data. > Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-11-19 | Title : Ingesting dry air | Date : 19 Nov 06:08 AM | Votes : Good: 37 Bad: 5 +---------------------------------------------- The featured map is water vapor channel satellite imagery from Wednesday evening showing the impressive size of the slow moving storm system that has brought pesky showers to the southeast half of Iowa. Areas in orange and red indicate dry air aloft and you can see the storm system is now ingesting these pockets of dry air from both the east and west. This dry air has cut down on the amount of rainfall being produced and our system will finally pull away from the state today. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 19 Nov 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 3 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 1 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: 3 Verified: 0 [0.0 %] Reduction of Size Versus County Based [80.9 %] Average Perimeter Ratio [0.0 %] Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [0.0 %] Average Storm Based Warning Size [693 sq km] Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.00] False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [1.00] Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.00] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Sat Nov 21 11:01:03 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:01:03 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911211701.nALH13GE012755@despam-10.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 21 November 2009 > News No news is good news > Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-11-20 | Title : Sunny at noon? | Date : 20 Nov 06:08 AM | Votes : Good: 36 Bad: 8 +---------------------------------------------- It seems like we have been stuck with cloudy days for a while now. The featured image attempts to illustrate this by taking a sample of the Ames webcamera imagery at noon each day since the first of August. Clear skies stick out nicely as compared with dreary gray images. The forecast has some hope for seeing some sun this weekend with mild temperataures in the 50s. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 20 Nov 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 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 9 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 No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Mon Nov 23 11:01:02 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:01:02 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911231701.nANH12ml018152@despam-11.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 23 November 2009 > News No news is good news > Daily Feature No feature posted > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 22 Nov 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 4 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 > IEM Cow Report SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 4 Verified: 2 [50.0 %] Reduction of Size Versus County Based [85.9 %] Average Perimeter Ratio [40.9 %] Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [39.6 %] Average Storm Based Warning Size [451 sq km] Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.67] False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [0.50] Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.40] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Tue Nov 24 11:01:03 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:01:03 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911241701.nAOH13E4019121@despam-11.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 24 November 2009 > News No news is good news > Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-11-23 | Title : 7 days around Thanksgiving | Date : 23 Nov 06:08 AM | Votes : Good: 19 Bad: 11 +---------------------------------------------- The featured chart shows the observed frequencies of precipitation for the 7 days around Thanksgiving for Ames. The chart does not indicate any increased observance of precipitation on or near Thanksgiving. The actual forecast for this week has precip chances every day until Friday, with a chance of some snow on Wednesday into Thursday. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 23 Nov 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 0 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 > IEM Cow Report No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Wed Nov 25 11:01:03 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:01:03 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911251701.nAPH13Xv028943@despam-11.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 25 November 2009 > News No news is good news > Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-11-24 | Title : Lack of cold | Date : 24 Nov 05:35 AM | Votes : Good: 22 Bad: 7 +---------------------------------------------- The featured map displays the percentile values for fall minimum temperature this year compared with all other years for a period up until 24 November. Des Moines has only seen a minimum low of 30 degrees so far this fall, which is easily the warmest minimum for the site. Rewording, every year prior to this one, Des Moines had seen a temperature below 30 during the fall before 24 November. Cold air will arrive in time for Thanksgiving, but lows will only be in the 20s. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 24 Nov 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 1 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 > IEM Cow Report SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 1 Verified: 0 [0.0 %] Reduction of Size Versus County Based [95.4 %] Average Perimeter Ratio [23.0 %] Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [0.0 %] Average Storm Based Warning Size [242 sq km] Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.00] False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [1.00] Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.00] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Thu Nov 26 11:01:02 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:01:02 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911261701.nAQH120T005687@despam-10.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 26 November 2009 > News No news is good news > Daily Feature +---------------------------------------------- http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2009-11-25 | Title : A Soggy Turkey | Date : 25 Nov 06:08 AM | Votes : Good: 21 Bad: 5 +---------------------------------------------- The featured map displays rainfall totals from Tuesday with some locations picking up more than an inch of rain. Receiving an inch of just rainfall is rather rare this time of year. The good news was that temperatures were warm enough to keep it all liquid. Today will be a different story with more chances of precipitation and temperatures will be a bit colder allowing some of it to fall as snow. > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 25 Nov 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 0 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 > IEM Cow Report No Warnings Issued -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Fri Nov 27 11:01:03 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:01:03 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911271701.nARH13NT032116@despam-10.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 27 November 2009 > News No news is good news > Daily Feature No feature posted > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 26 Nov 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 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 2 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: 1 Verified: 0 [0.0 %] Reduction of Size Versus County Based [76.7 %] Average Perimeter Ratio [22.4 %] Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [0.0 %] Average Storm Based Warning Size [528 sq km] Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.00] False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [1.00] Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.00] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Sat Nov 28 11:01:03 2009 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann) Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:01:03 -0600 Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin Message-ID: <200911281701.nASH134K005332@despam-11.iastate.edu> Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 28 November 2009 > News No news is good news > Daily Feature No feature posted > NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 27 Nov 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 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 Fl Flood 1 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: 2 Verified: 0 [0.0 %] Reduction of Size Versus County Based [44.8 %] Average Perimeter Ratio [55.7 %] Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [0.0 %] Average Storm Based Warning Size [1211 sq km] Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.00] False Alarm Ratio (lower is better) [1.00] Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.00] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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