WMOD00296

• Project Name: Project Skywater
• Title: 1985-86 CRADP Data Inventory - Grand Mesa
• Date: 7/1/1986
• County: Mesa
• State: CO
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

Section 10. - Seeding Events
Table 10-1.- Ground seeding releases for 1985-86 CRADP field season

Seeding materials were released from the ground under the following conditions
with 3% AgI-NH41 at 30 g/h: Times were checked against field log book.

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2D-G aircraft approximate number
Seeding detections: used detected of plume intercepts
date location times-mst LWC snow by aircraft

860204 Mesa Lakes .7E 1415-1610
860205 Lands End Road 1701-1743
860210 Old Powderhorn 1121-1500
860212 Carson Lake 1200-1352
860214 Ward Creek 1140-1530
860224 Mesa Lakes 1 N 1600-1851
860227 Mesa Lakes 1 N 0825-1151
860304 Old Powderhorn 0700-0747
860306 Old Powderhorn 0802-0946
860307 Campbell Lake 0834-1152
860308 Blue Lake 0854-1150
860314 Ward Creek 1148-1415
860314 Beehive 1520-1810
860319 Old Powderhorn 1052-1248
860320 Old Powderhorn 1025-1227
860320 Mesa Lakes 1 N 1251-1425
860324 Beehive 1012-1410

- yes yes 0
no trace 6
no no 11
no few 16
no trace 14
no no 13
no no 19

no no
no no
no no
yes yes yes
- yes yes
- yes yes
- yes yes
- yes yes
no no

3
22
26
10
o trace?
7
17
19
33

Seeding weather conditions: {Note: the temperatures (deg.C) and winds
(deg.true, m/s) are crude approximations and are listed here for guidance
only.)

crude 700 GMO aircraft tether-
mb, GJT wind wind sonde
date 1 ocati on times-mst T dir sp T dir sp di r sp di r sp
860204 Mesa Lakes .7E 1415-1610 -9 10 5 -11 350 4 356 5
860205 Lands End Road 1701-1743 -9 var 4 -13 205 2 238 2
860210 Old Powderhorn 1121-1500 -15 310 6 -11 250 2 277 3 290 5
860212 Carson Lake 1200-1352 -8 230 10 -7 190 8 211 8 185 10
860214 Ward Creek 1140-1530 -3 245 12 -3 220 4 258 14
860224 Mesa Lakes 1 N 1600-1851 -2 235 10 [phone]
860227 Mesa Lakes 1 N 0825-1151 -1 345 7 [phone]
860304 Old Powderhorn 0700-0747 -19 40 6 -8 5 4
860306 Old Powderhorn 0802-0946 +1 270 10 [phone]

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