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Figure 1. Stanley and KMBX radar locations, radar range, and overlapping area of radar <br />coverage for the two radars. <br /> Because a WSR-88D radar system is more sensitive to weak echo, we wanted to <br />determine the time advantage of using a WSR-88D for first echo detection. If the more <br />sensitive S-band radar can detect first echo development sooner than that of the C-band <br />radar, this could lead to more efficient cloud seeding. In cloud seeding operations, radar is <br />used to detect convective cells for the possibility of seeding. Once a cell is detected, the <br />radar meteorologist has to notify the pilots of the targeted cell. If the pilot is on the ground, <br />there is a certain amount of time for the pilot to take off and reach the storm. The time it <br />takes pilots reach the storm determines the seedability of a storm. Thunderstorms can <br />8 <br />