WMOD00285 ‎(2)‎

• Title: Feasibility Study of Wintertime Cloud Seeding to Augment Arizona Water Supplies
• Date: 1/1/1987
• State: AZ
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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Table 1. - Temperature range by winter period at the 500 millibar
pressure 1 eve 1.

500 mb Number of
Period temperature range (OC) valid cases
1975-76 -31 to -13 57
1976-77 -33 to -9 80
1977-78 -43 to -8 24
1978-79 -37 to -4 22
1979-80 -32 to -10 09
1980-81 -33 to -8 04
1981-82 -34 t 0 -8 11
1982-83 -32 to -10 32
1983-84 -31 to -7 32
1984-85 -35 to -6 38
1985-86 -32 to -8 21

Table 2. - Stations with precipitation selected for study.

Station*

Identification** E1 evat i on ( m)
BA 2561
FV 2240
F 2136
HJ 2280
BR 2098
C 2136
H 2009
SL 1955
PT 2195
HL 2494
G 2588
A 2454
KP 2070
P 1643
CH 1616
B 1618
CR 1598

Bright Angel Ranger Station (STl)

Fort Va 11 ey
Flagstaff (GPl)
Happy Jack Ranger Station

Blue Ridge Ranger Station
Cheve10n Ranger Station (GP2)
Heber Ranger Station
Sh ow Low Ci ty

Pine Top Fish Hatchery
Hawley Lake (GP3)
Greer
Alpine

Kitt Peak (ST2)

Portal 4 SW (GP4)
Chiricahua National Monument

Bisbee (GP5)
Coronado National Monument Hdqr

* The i denfi cati on such as STl and GPl a rE~ employed in the vari ous
discussions in this report. GPl refers to the three station group of
Fo rt Valley, Happy Jack Ranger Stati on and B1 ue Ri dge Ranger Station.

** These identifications such as BA and FV are only for location of
stations on the map in figure 14.

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