WMOD00274

• Title: Western Kansas Weather Modification Program 2006 - Final Report
• Prepared By: Walter E. Geiger III
• Date: 10/30/2006
• State: KS
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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Normally, by 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. the meteorologist has prepared his operational weather
forecast and begins disseminating it to the pilots via pagers, or telephone. Figure 4, below, shows
our daily operational schedule.

DAIL V OPERATIONS FLOW CHART

08:00-11:00 COT
Weather Data Collection
Analysis & Seedability
Determination

-IMPUTS-
Internet: NVVS, NCAR, etc.
Local Media: Radio, TV

Cloud Seedability
Forecast and Best
Operational Strategy

11:00-12:00 COT

Crew Briefing via
Pagers, Seeding
Strategy, Weather
Conditions

-Daily Reports-
Forecast to Website
Weather Case Files

Issue Forecast
Crew Briefings

12:00 COT Until
End of Seeding
Operations or
other Tasks

Data Analysis. State
and Federal Reports

Collect Data, Public
Information, General
Administration

Documentation

Fig. 4

During the season we often interact with local law enforcement, giving dispatchers
information about storm spotter placements; also, occasionally, dispatchers provide feed-back
pertinent late- breaking weather-related information to us.

Off-season changes in Internet data collection protocol and upgraded program revisions
between seasons were monitored by the program meteorologist. During the season a variety of
general information was made accessible to the public via the Internet, among them the Lakin
radar displays of operational periods. For regional residents, especially in rural areas, having
access to radar data to track storm movements can be very important and timely information for

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