The IEM stores most of its archive in a web accessible directory tree structure. Here is the storage schema for today's data:
ROOT=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/archive/data/2017/01/19 |- base folder full of various images for the date |- GIS |- NWS coop obs shapefile and road conditions shapefile per update |- kcci |- KCCI LiveSuper DopplerHD radar imagery |- sat |- GOES Conus Satellite imagery TIF |- uscomp |- CONUS NEXRAD base reflectivity ~1km |- bufkit |- BUFKIT files for various model runs for many sites in/near Iowa |- camera |- Per webcam site 5minute imagery |- comprad |- Iowa pre-generated NEXRAD imagery w/ warnings and watches |- hunrad |- Pre-generated NEXRAD imagery w/ warnings and watches Alabama |- ictrad |- Pre-generated NEXRAD imagery w/ warnings and watches Kansas |- lotrad |- Pre-generated NEXRAD imagery w/ warnings and watches Illinois |- raw |- Raw datafiles for the AWOS and RWIS network |- srad |- Pre-generated NEXRAD imagery w/ warnings and watches South Dakota |- sel[0-10]rad |- Pre-generated NEXRAD imagery w/ warnings and watches for floating watch sectors issued by the Storm Prediction Center |- text |- raw Iowa State road condition reports |- noaaport |- Saved raw text products from our NWS NOAAPort feed |- ot |- raw datafiles for some of the sites in the Other Network |- usrad |- Pre-generated NEXRAD imagery w/ warnings and watches United States |- stage4 |- Archive of the NCEP Stage4 Precipitation product in Grib format