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<br />CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE VS <br />PRECIPITATION INTENSITY <br /> <br />Cloud Top <br />Temperature (OC) <br /> <br />-4 <br /> <br />LAPSE RATE VS PRECIPITATION INTENSITY <br /> <br />Lapse Rate <br />+1 std dev IOC/IOOm) <br /> <br />... Northern Plains <br />. Central Plains <br />. Southern Plains <br /> <br />.6 <br /> <br />Mean <br /> <br />-8 <br /> <br />.10 <br /> <br />-1 std dev <br /> <br />.12 <br /> <br />.14 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />... Northern Plains <br />. Central Plains <br />. Southern Plains <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 17: Cloud top temperature <br />roC) versus precipitation in- <br />tensity for the High Plains. <br />Means and standard deviations <br />of the lapse rates are shown. <br /> <br />Figure 19: East wind component <br />(meters/second) of aloud base 12 <br />wind speed versus precipitation <br />intensity for the High Plains. <br />Means and standard deviations <br />of the east-wind components <br />are shown. <br /> <br />0.8 <br /> <br />0,6 <br /> <br />+1 std dev <br /> <br />0.4 <br /> <br />I I It I <br /> <br />mean <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0,2 <br /> <br />0,0 <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />.1 std dev <br /> <br /> <br />j <br />'1 <br /> <br />Figure 18: Cloud lapse rate <br />(OC/100 meters) versus pre- <br />cipitation intensity for the <br />High Plains. Means and stand- <br />ard deviations of the lapse <br />rates are shown. <br /> <br />UPSLOPE WIND COMPONENT <br />VS PRECIPITATION INTENSITY <br /> <br />Wind Component at <br />Cloud Base (m/sec) <br /> <br />... Nortbern Plains <br />· Central Plains <br />. Southern Plains <br /> <br />West 4 <br /> <br />Iff fIt fIf !I · fIE:.::: <br /> <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />East 4 <br /> <br /> <br />26 <br />