Iowa Environmental Mesonet

Iowa State University Department of Agronomy

View current Iowa Road Conditions

IEM Data in Gibson Ridge Placefile format

Gibson Ridge Software develops a very popular set of RADAR data visualization programs. These placefiles can be freely used for educational use. Use of the non government data "on-air" by media is strictly not allowed without permission of the provider.

Iowa Winter Road Conditions http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/roadcond.php
Notes: Observations provided by the Iowa State Patrol.
Iowa AWOS Data http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/asos.php
Notes: none at this time
Iowa RWIS Data http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/rwis.php
Notes: Could use some data presentation improvements (TODO)
KCCI-TV SchoolNet Data http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/kcci.php
Notes: none at this time
KELO-TV WeatherNet Data http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/kelo.php
Notes: none at this time
KIMT-TV StormNet Data http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/kimt.php
Notes: none at this time
IEM Webcam Overview http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/webcams.php?overview
Notes: This layer provides the locations and direction that the webcam is looking. This layer should be used along with the individual network layers... There aren't bandwidth concerns with this layer.
KCCI-TV Webcams http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/webcams.php?network=KCCI
Notes: You will not want to use this on a low bandwidth connection as all of the webcam images are loaded every 1-5 minutes. Please only use this layer when you are using the data! Thanks...
KELO-TV Webcams http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/webcams.php?network=KELO
Notes: You will not want to use this on a low bandwidth connection as all of the webcam images are loaded every 1-5 minutes. Please only use this layer when you are using the data! Thanks...
KCRG-TV Webcams http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/webcams.php?network=KCRG
Notes: You will not want to use this on a low bandwidth connection as all of the webcam images are loaded every 1-5 minutes. Please only use this layer when you are using the data! Thanks...
NEXRAD Level3 Attributes http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/l3attr.php?
Notes: This is a placefile of the level3 NEXRAD storm attributes. This may be useful when looking at level2 data.