Laserfiche WebLink
<br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />WESTERN KANSAS WEATHER MODIFICATION PROGRAM <br />e-mail: hailman@pld.com AUG 2 1 1996 <br />Internet: http://www.pld.com/users/hailman/master.html <br />CoIomdo Water <br />Conservation Board <br />WEEKLY NEWSLETTER <br />96-18 <br /> <br />FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 10 - 16, 1996 <br /> <br />General Interest: We've been setting records this year in seeding <br />days. In June the old record was 21; this year there were 23 days. <br />In July the former record was l8i this year we had 19 days. So far <br />in August we've had '11, whereas, the record is 18. The total number <br />of operational days for this season, so far, is 65, one shy of the <br />most we've ever had in a season---66. And, we still have 6 weeks <br />left before the program ends Sept. 30th. <br /> <br />There are other overlapping statistics which also indicate the <br />kind of year we've been having. For instance, we have expended <br />about 20\ more than the "normal" amount of seeding agent each plane <br />should use at this point. If all of our seeding agent supplies gets <br />used up by the season's end, we will be around 33% above our normal <br />per plane usage for the year. <br /> <br />OPERATIONS: The upper ridge ~emained west of us all week, bringing <br />us storms in organized patterns periodically during the week, many <br />overnight. Low level moisture remained high. All times below are <br />in CDT, <br /> <br />AUGUST 10th/11th - OPERATIONAL DAYS #611#62: Just after midnight an <br />observation flight was sent to some weak storms in northwestern <br />Hamilton County. However, no seeding was done. The storms presaged <br />the passage of a cold upper trough which moved ~rough Western and <br />Southwestern Kansas the, remainder of the pre-dawn hours. Storms <br />brought copious rainfall to most of the region. Negligible severe <br />weather was observed from any of the numerous storms. <br /> <br />ay ,late afternoon an J::-W oriented lineaf severe storms', had <br />developed well to our nort.h ih'westetn Nebraska. Some storms tHere <br />of the supercell variety and were moving mostly southeasterly. The <br />storms continued generating new growth around them. Eventually the <br />line moved into Northwest Kansas, moving toward our target area. <br />Planes were sent to standby in Scott City to await the activity <br />moving to within a reasonable proximity to begin seeding, A tornado <br />was reported on TV being in or around Hoxie at 10:18 p.m. At 10:34 <br />p.m. all planes were scrambledi seeding began at 10:50 p.m. <br /> <br />Two of the most intense cells within the E-W line split after <br />passing over'Hoxie. The stronger continued swerving to the right of <br />the southeasterly mean storm track, moving straight down the county <br />line between Logan and Gave. The weaker of the two was a collapsing' <br />tornadic storm which moved into eastern Gove and Trego. This area <br />later regenerated producing small, but severe, storms as it passed <br />through Ness and Hodgeman counties and into eastern Ford County. <br />