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nO,1911 v .. " Colorado Climate Center AtmospherIC Science Oepertment CoIonIdo State University Fort CoIU.... CO 80523-1371 COLORADO CLIMATE AUGUST1996 ~ JUNE 1999 Volume 19 Number6 This report has beenpteparcdeachmordhsince February l!mwith the lIJIlIlOd:ofthe """"""'~_"'''''ond'''Co&a<ot_ "Colorado Climate" Continues In <:ase you haven't noticed, you have not received a copy of "Colorado Climate" in a long time. To be precise, our last issue was Volume 19, No.5, which covered the months of June-July 1996. Yikes - that's three years ago. Wow, has time flown by. I can make some excuses - like new projects, new research, increased work loads, etc. I'll say more about that later. I can also tell you what life has been like at our old rundown tum-of-the-last-centwy funn on the edge of the Fort COllins (trading a home office for an old barn has not helped my writing productivity). But instead of giving excuses, let me just apologize and then get back to business. The good news is, WE'RE STILL ALIVE and REASONABLY WELL, More good news is that pub- lishing "C%rado Climate," which slipped to ourclima- tological "back burner," is now back to being the top priority of the COlorado Climate Center for the coming year. There is so much to tell you about. The climate is always interesting in a place like COlorado - even. during nonna! times (if there is such a thing). . But these past three years have been far from nonna!. El Nino, La Nina, monstrous mO\!lltain snows and Great Plains bli:qards, floods, heatwaves, mudslides, drought - we've.ha4 it all. The weather always makes the news, but since 1997, CLIMATE - the big picture - has been front page news time after time. It is a great time to be a climatologist. "Colorado Climate" is Changing Waitll This isn't what you think. I'm not talking about the climate changing - I'm talking about changes in the "Colorado Climate" publication. Before I start getting carried away telling 'you about everything that has hap- pened here at the COlorado Climate Center and also in the climate here in COlorado, we need to take care of some impottant business. For years, we struggled with how to pay for mailing out hundreds of copies of "Colorado Climate" every month. Twice we asked if you would be willing to help cover distribution costs. Many of you said "yes." Others sent financial Contributions that helped us get by. After so many years sending out a free publication - we resisted moving toward a paid subscription system. Times have continued to change. Free publications are rarer. We could just post our infonnation and research results on the internet like many organizations are doing, but if you are as busy as we all are, you'd rarely take the time to check. We feel there is still the need for a pub- lished report about COlorado's fascinating climate. It is now my duty to announce that effective with the next issue, we will be initiating a paid subscription system for many of our readers. SQme of you will be exempt, such as National Weather Service volunteer weather observers ". whose faithful service and qnality data make it possible for us to monitor the climate of the entire state. Huw much will It cost you? Atthispoint we have no . idea how many subscribers we will have. Undoutltedly . some of you won't pay for this report -and I und!lrstand. Based on our best guess of the number who will sUbscribe this year, we will charge $15/vear. III exchange for your assistance .and support, we plan to improve the apPearance and content of this report. You will start seeing a splash of color and better qnality paper. More importaoUy, we are planning expanded content with more special features. For the 2000 Water Year, we will be pub1ishing four issues of "Colorado Climate," one for each seasol\. The first issue you receive will be our wrap up of the 1999 water year. ., j .'! " j <-1 PI<:ase look over the subscription card and send it back as soon as possible. Our first issue of the new "COlorado Climate" will be completed in October and mailcjd in early November. If you have friends, co-workers, orkJiow other weather and climate enthusiasts, please tell them about "Colorado Climate" or get them a gift subscription. This is all new to us, so hopefully it will go smoothly. We'J:e actually quite excited about this change. As long as the i , '1 j " j , ":f 66