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<br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />RK;Vr:TS <br /> <br />From FIGURE J, it c,m ea5il~" be seen that a relative viet zone ex- <br />ten,l" fl'om the project (GranJ Moua) area eastward toward the Con- <br />tinental Div:ede. A very large dJ.'y pocket is situated to the south <br />of the Mesa Viith a smaller, but equally dry pocket just to the north. <br />ful,)thCl' less ilU1-,ol'tant 'n;t pocket lies to the southwest of the 1'1'0- <br />GI'Jm areQ. The areQ of vlCtnoss Jt the extreme southern boundary of <br />, <br />FIliU.:E ;. lies over a reGion "here cloudseeding activities were also <br />undcrtah;n durinE: a number of years, and i~ probably a reflection <br /> <br />of 'LbC'3e o.ctivitics. <br /> <br />After five y~ars of of'81'ations, it is importilllt to note the zone of <br /> <br /> <br />wet-ness over the tarGet. ouch a study has an advantage over a shorter <br /> <br /> <br />term D.naly~;i", in that it too smooths out the variations in precipi- <br /> <br /> <br />tatioll. Just as a one season study evens out storm to storm precipi- <br /> <br />tation val'iatiollc, the seasonal variations are smoothed still more <br /> <br /> <br />\,hen studied over a period of several years. One area may be favored <br /> <br /> <br />to receive> pl'ecipitatiun ever another during a particular storm, but <br /> <br /> <br />it ic wl1ikely to be favored during a complete season, and even less <br /> <br /> <br />likely c.urinG :l nwnber of seasonb. Jofilile the occurrence of heavier <br /> <br /> <br />IJl'ccipitatio:l in on" (n-"" UVCi' " long term period could be traced to <br /> <br /> <br />lor.d inl'luenec_, thh, iends to UO r8flected in the stations normals... <br /> <br /> <br />3. i':.lctOl' ':Jh:l.ch has been considered in this analysis. <br /> <br />From the :tlJov<o 'Hl'lly"il., ii is Ullr opiniun ill'lt cloudseeding efforts <br /> <br /> <br />Over tlle Cl'(llHl NObi.l 1'01' ihe Grand Mesa Wat8r Users Association indeed <br /> <br /> <br />sho\'l8d signil'icant positive effect". <br /> <br />- 1;. - <br />