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.
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Iowa DOT Truck Locations | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/iadot_trucks.txt Notes: Locations of Iowa DOT Snow Plows. |
Iowa Winter Road Conditions | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/roadcond.php Notes: Observations provided by the Iowa State Patrol. |
Iowa AWOS Data | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/asos.php Notes: none at this time |
Iowa RWIS Data | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/rwis.php Notes: Could use some data presentation improvements (TODO) |
KCCI-TV SchoolNet Data | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/kcci.php Notes: none at this time |
KELO-TV WeatherNet Data | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/kelo.php Notes: none at this time |
KIMT-TV StormNet Data | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/kimt.php Notes: none at this time |
SchoolNet Where's it raining? | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/snet_raining.php Notes: none at this time |
IEM Webcam Overview | https://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 | https://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 | https://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 | https://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 | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/l3attr.txt Notes: This is a placefile of the level3 NEXRAD storm attributes. This may be useful when looking at level2 data. You can optionally pass a nexrad 3 character ID to limit the display to a certain NEXRAD. ie) l3attr.txt?nexrad=DMX . Otherwise, the service will utilize the longitude and latitude passed to the server by the Gibson Ridge Client to limit the displayed attributes. |
SPC Watch by County | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/watch_by_county.php? Notes: This is a placefile of the union of counties within a Storm Prediction Center watch. |
NWS Warning TIME...MOT...LOC (TOR) | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/time_mot_loc.php? Notes: This provides lines indicating the path of travel for tornado warnings based on the coding within the warning. |
NWS Warning TIME...MOT...LOC (TOR+SVR) | https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/grx/time_mot_loc.php?all Notes: This provides lines indicating the path of travel for tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings based on the coding within the warning. |