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<br />~ ~ <br /> <br />. ~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1,5 <br /> <br />C. <br /> <br />Meteorological Analyses of Storms: <br /> <br />The Climatology Laboratory archives provide the principal infor- <br />mation needed for case studies by DRI personnel of selected storms of <br />interest to SCpp, In addition to the facsimile weather maps and <br />satellite photographs, other data received include weather radar plots <br />from the NWS station in Sacramento (SAC), publications such as Daily <br />Weather Maps, Monthly Climatological Data for California and Nevada, <br />Hourly precipitation Data for California and Nevada, Weekly Weather <br />and Crop Bulletin, Water Supply Outlook for Nevada (precipitation, <br />snow and streamflow measurements), and other pertinent reports, <br /> <br />Photographs are taken frequently throughout the year of clouds <br />and other meteorological phenomena, These 35 rom color transparencies <br />are all annotated as to date, time, location and direction of view, <br />They document and illustrate mesoscale phenomena, and can be useful <br />in analyzing storm events, <br /> <br />All of the meteorological data and observations can be synthe- <br />sized to characterize the storm with particular emphasis on mesoscale <br />features such as lee waves, fronts, squall lines and convective lines, <br />A particular emphasis this season will be the integration and inter- <br />pretation of the results from the Ka-band radar data and from the snow <br />chemistry in the context of synoptic and mesoscale analyses, <br /> <br />The limited budget for mesoscale meteorological data collection <br />and analysis presented here reflects the severe reduction in the over- <br />all DRI budget for work connected with Scpp, This limited budget <br />affects most seriOUSly the important part of the project~concerned <br />