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Figure 2. Map of the radar-estimated rainfall on the morning of May 28, 2005. The black core within the grey <br />region near Brownfield, Texas indicates that the rainfall here exceeded 120 mm. A maximum of 8 inches (200 <br />mm) was actually measured in this region. <br />th <br /> There were multiple broken layers of clouds in the project area of May 29. The project aircraft were <br />deployed toward Portales, New Mexico and then northward toward Hereford, Texas. Suitable clouds were <br />found too late in the day for a seeding mission. Although project aircraft were deployed again toward Portales, <br />th <br />New Mexico on May 30, a salt seeding mission was conducted ultimately in clouds to the north of Plains. The <br />clouds proved to be marginal and the tracer gas was not detected as a consequence. <br />st <br /> There were early morning thunderstorms in the local area on May 31, and later cloud developments <br />warranted yet another deployment toward Portales, New Mexico, where successful salt seeding missions were <br />st <br />conducted in this area in two clouds. It was overcast with low clouds on the morning of June 1, but these <br />nd <br />cleared off to shallower, higher-based, stratocumulus clouds for the rest of the day. June 2 was also suppressed <br />25 <br />