URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 125 PM CST TUE MAR 9 2010 ...DENSE FOG CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... .LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DENSE FOG OVER MUCH OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO OCCASIONAL RAIN AND PERSISTENT SNOWMELT. VISIBILITIES SHOULD IMPROVE EARLY THIS EVENING AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ADVANCE INTO IOWA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-092230- /O.NEW.KDMX.FG.Y.0009.100309T1925Z-100310T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 125 PM CST TUE MAR 9 2010 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN RATHER LOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...NO MORE THAN A MILE OR SO. THE FOG WILL BE DENSE IN MANY AREAS AS WELL WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AS LOW AS A FEW HUNDRED FEET IN SOME INSTANCES. THE FOG SHOULD LIFT SLIGHTLY EARLY THIS EVENING...REACHING ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA...AS RAIN BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ SMA
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| LAST READING AT TIME: 3:15 PM DATE: March 09 2010, time of next update: 3:30 PM | |||
| Current Weather | overcast_ - mist_ | Current Temperature | 36.0°F (2.2°C), Apparent temp 28.9°F |
| Maximum Temperature (since midnight) | 36.0°F at: 3:01 PM | Minimum Temperature (since midnight) | 32.0°F at: 12:00 AM |
| Average windspeed (ten minute) | 9.2 mph | Wind Direction (ten minute) | E (90°) |
| Windchill Temperature | 29.0°F | Maximum Gust (last hour) | 10.4 mph at: 2:31PM |
| Maximum Gust (since midnight) | 25.0 mph at: 2:16 AM | Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) | 18.4 mph at: 2:16 AM |
| Rainfall (last hour) | 0.00 in. (0.0 mm) | Rainfall (since midnight) | 0.06 in. (1.5 mm) at 12:00 PM |
| Rainfall This month | 0.75 in. (19.0 mm) | Rainfall To date this year | 1.18 in. (30.1 mm) |
| Maximum rain per minute (last hour) | 0.00 in/min | Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) | 0.03 in/hour |
| Yesterdays rainfall | 0.00 in | DewPoint | 34.9°F (Wet Bulb :35.6°F ) |
| Humidity | 96 %, Humidex 32.8°F | Barometer corrected to msl | 29.650 in. (1004.1 hPa) (QNH 0.000 in.) |
| Pressure change | -0.01 in. (last hour) | Trend (last hour) | STEADY |
| Pressure change (last 12 hours) | -0.16 in | Pressure change (last 6 hours) | -0.10 in |
MASON CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT , IA, United States (KMCW) 43-09N 093-20W 369M Mar 09, 2010 - 03:53 PM EST / 2010.03.09 2053 UTC Wind: from the E (080 degrees) at 9 MPH (8 KT):0 Visibility: 3/4 mile(s):0 Sky conditions: overcast Weather: mist Temperature: 36.0 F (2.2 C) Dew Point: 35.1 F (1.7 C) Relative Humidity: 96% Pressure (altimeter): 29.65 in. Hg (1004 hPa) Pressure tendency: 0.06 inches (2.2 hPa) lower than three hours ago ob: KMCW 092053Z AUTO 08008KT 3/4SM BR OVC001 02/02 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP044 60000 T00220017 56022 cycle: 21
Sunset at: 6:10:43 PM Moonrise at: 3:20:23 AM 03/09/10 Moonset at: 12:19:21 PM 03/09/10 First Quarter 22 February 2010 Full moon 28 February 2010 Last Quarter7 March 2010 New moon 15 March 2010 Moon age: 23 days,14 hours,49 minutes,35% Hours of possible daylight today was 11:35
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