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<br />" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />JUN 1 2 1996 <br />Colorado Wate, . <br />Conservation Board <br /> <br />WEEKLY NEWSLETTER <br />96 - 8 <br /> <br />FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 1 <br /> <br />JUNE 7, 1996 <br /> <br />General Interest: We're getting to be popular lately, what with the <br />drought still big news. Several newspaper reporters and reporters <br />from other publications from allover have talked to us about our <br />program. Many are surprised to learn we are in our 22nd consecutive <br />season doing rain stimulation and hail suppression. Some reporters <br />have done a better job than others. One report making the AP News, <br />going out all 'over the USA, was that it was too dry to make rain in <br />Kansas and all our pilots were brought to Lakin (one day) to "stuff <br />envelopes". In truth the pilots were brought to Lakin to put on <br />ne~'lly-arriYed flares on our e.irpla.n~s ctnd take the remaining ones <br />back with them to their bases. They did stay to help with a project <br />we were working on which polled landowners in 3 Southwestern Kansas <br />counties to determine rural landowner's feelings about whether or <br />not they would like to see their county participate in our weather <br />modification program next year. But, in truth, it did happen to <br />involve stu~~ing some envelopes. <br /> <br />Not to be outdone, TV people are pushing it one step further <br />playing to the visual and sound senses. KMBC TV from Kansas City <br />was here first before all the recent "Twister" hype on TV and the <br />movies. They indicated to us that they were number one in ratings <br />the night their film of our program aired., By the time this <br />newsletter has been published this week even the CBS News will have <br />come and gone. Hard telling in advance what their "news" will be. <br />I just hope it's not anything like the envelope stuffing story. <br /> <br />Fortunately, we still have the old standbys that get it right <br />liKe the daily weather chat program we've been doing for years with <br />Hap Larson on his weekday KBUF Radio "Farm Show" and the occasional <br />comments given to reporters from the Garden City Telegram such as <br />Tim Unruh. <br /> <br />OPERATIONS: This past week was the heaviest flying period of the <br />year and one of .the longest strings of consecutive operational days <br />for several years. There were six days of cloud seeding and one <br />from the previous period---7 total. Severe storms were prevalent <br />prior to a frontal passage June 1st and in the post-frontal air for <br />two more days. periodic upper troughing flowing from the northwest <br />and west moved through Western Kansas the next few days. That, <br />combined with lower level upslope winds and afternoon heating <br />helped trigger intermittent outbreaks of thunderstorms and the <br />concomitant flying needed each day to reduce hail and/or increase <br />rainfall. By the 5th a surface troughing in Western Kansas was <br />added to the overall instability ahead of another approaching cold <br />front. In the early morning hours June 6th, Thursday, the a front <br />passed leaving clear skies in its wake. <br /> <br />JUNE 1st - OPERATIONAL DAY *14: After operations ended late evening <br />May 31st, more instability continued. This was associated with the <br />