Automated Data Plotter

This application dynamically generates many types of graphs. These graphs are derived from processing of various data sources done by the IEM. Please feel free to use these generated graphics in whatever way you wish. Reset App. The IEM Explorer application offers a simplified frontend to some of these autoplots.


First, select a chart type::

Second, select specific chart options::

Select Station:
 
Month Limiter
Overcast or Clear Sky Conditions?
Limit plot to local hour of day? (optional)
Image Pixel Size @100 DPI
Image Resolution (DPI) (50 to 500)
Select Output Format:

Plot Description:

This plot displays the frequency of having overcast conditions reported by air temperature. More specifically, this script looks for the report of 'OVC' within the METAR sky conditions. Many caveats apply with the reporting changes of this over the years.

Based on a sampling of recent timings for this application, plot generation time has averaged 4 seconds. Hold on for the plot is generating now!


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IEM Daily Features using this plot

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