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<br />Ouriny ",inl-:r in lh..: Uppc:r Color~uJo Rh'..:r ntllin, lup.:rcuol,,-d clouds
<br />lIri: form..:d un.'r Ih..: hil!h..:r d':\'.llion, UI moiJl air is fdrced by Ilrun, winds
<br />ovt:r Ih..: mnjor fRounlain mUISCI. Undf:r c..:nain lavonblc condhloftl .. lunl.
<br />marlzed klow, Ihc recl '!;ulnn Ihat would ~cur nlllurall 'rom tbcsC clOuds
<br />clIn IncrC3Jt: Ii,,~ IRe Utat It vcr I C In" c. c air mass mUll w: II
<br />I nHllllure conlcnl. and lee oud. nc ne q upper boundary. IllcMlkl
<br />w:armcr I tll' - , Th..: cOInponcnt or alrn';w perpenalC'ulor 10 lAC ~n"
<br />Jain rid c must bt: rc::hulvc::1 . illon ,~nd It musl be possible '0 dlSperIC Illver
<br />.iodlde anltlt$ wuhin the c:l In D date numbers '0 1Crve as tee CJyIt:liI
<br />~, . I vcr I I c:: 11110 c rom '1'01,1 ." pnerlllors muse I U
<br />by lurbuhme..: and Ilfh:d h)' ulrRow Inlo cloud relloM Ih.1 I,. cokIct Ihan
<br />-IO'C, The icc crYSlals formed nmll hllye lime to ,row 10 Il II" ahat win ,on
<br />10 CArlh bdtlr..: r~lIchhlM Ih.: cJowndrallllhal nisi on Ih" Ilr .Id.: f'1 tho "lOUn-
<br />loin.
<br />An op:raliun.all,.'h1utJ J~...'djn, ').'Icm wu prt'IUaalcd bo.scd on lho l.:ct!.
<br />nieal d..:,...ihi 01 Ih.:s..: pl(l~:,''''I,.'~. The lysleRI eOIlAIs.. 01 cltnlralil4-d nlanaJC..~nl
<br />conllol, ..:valu"liulI. :.IIld puhli..: service: r....nclions. wilh ulrlel DreD operallonal
<br />SC'rvicl:'lI anll mail1ll:'uauc:c: di"uiclS 1('1 e",.~r lilt ,I' Ihe por.:nlially uscful sc.:din,
<br />. Sm:.llranh:kC ~b<K.1 ,,'hl..h k.'C "')'\Ild '''rmltlkoll'M ,fttWlh 'lIkC1l ,Iact'.
<br />o('eas. in the: Up~r C...ltl(OIl1... n...sin, Thi. I)'sh:m " Up.:CIc:'cJ hJ hav~ In :IWI'OCC
<br />annuQI dirc:ct c...",1 0' 55... milliun lor 011 01 lhe po....:nli:al lorscl areu i... Ihe
<br />Upper Dasin.
<br />The postulah:d 'yalc", hI. not capcct'-'<f to be: modt: ob&olclC: rapidly by
<br />IIlchnoloc1cD1 d..:yclupnu:nIJ. Majot chanica arc not c.pcctul in etound~based
<br />~'oud ICcdin. C::CiuipmcnI ;n the nCllr lUlU" bUI ,.ther in Ihe conltOrand nlOlll.
<br />,orins or cloUIJ $CI,,"dinS .op..:ralions, 1\ major improvement 11\ mctcoroloslcal
<br />inlotnuuion ltnpor.nnl to cloud ",,'din, will be pIOvkJcd by 1M Introduction
<br />of improved wealhc:r Dnd eutlh rClOU"a ~Icllil('l.
<br />AI WaSA ,echnnlnn ...,..Id be '~"ed "' ,he plCKn' lime 10 the Upper
<br />Colorlldo River Bllsln, Iht: UltNl Pl'obab 1on..lerM IYCr..o Incruu la IftQWoo
<br />1111 .. ele.....", ........ '.000 Icc,'hl' could he ....lIrod IS ~l. lhe ran 0120
<br />to 2S percent. Th, nerCD""" Drc .. c aft n n Q
<br />111110 .nowfa wou avo IXcur nlo I" n ant IMW'. n-
<br />e~DJCI n lnow D ~'CN "IUIIIlI 'I USlAI 'N . . . rom
<br />U.s. OcoloSiC'DI Survey Dnd the Nadon.1 Wellher SorvIr:e Ilonl whh currenl
<br />undenlandin, 01 Ihe phYllcal phcnomcnl auodollld w4lh cloud ICcd'ln.. ~
<br />d I.ttt were vcrU\cd lur Ihr".. locldOftl In the ....n baMd 011 . wf...... oro-
<br />I!! hi. cloud ..."dln n.oo. de.. 0 lit ....,.. ..
<br />pree! fal on anti II 'r.1t ala or nine ....nler uuons n..
<br />'1iw dUm'. AverUe.: IncrClIIJ.: In tee, lahon van.:s rom rccnl n
<br />sOU~'!.p'!n 0 I &: i1"tn ht flCR'crU In I non m D eastern r;r:rS'=.!.
<br />...... Apl''J~ 'h...I.c'on .od lhe. ....1..1"" lor conwe.llne cumu.
<br />'odye reci 1I0llnlllu IIrC3m ow 10 cae arc I n II Will 0IlI l:al an
<br />iUgn,cnh.-d snow 11Ic:1. runo'f" a t 2.3 milhon acre led could be Iduc~
<br />In u nUr"'3 YC::3r. IJ wuu vOIr ron, a lul. a In;l tlW Waler o~ cJ.!r
<br />yeat 10 J.6 f;TiTin II hi~h waler or wel ~lI'. Inco Ihe eff"'. I a ~
<br />s)'..c:", wuuld nolb..: cnnlint.'d 10 Ihe upper Basin. 0.'.1,2,.nd 1,9 M.I could
<br />he c"'pcclcd ill ycars (lInlojJ~(cd to produc-: luw, nurma'. Dnd hl,h amounll
<br />('I' (unoII' 'rnm Ih..: WOS,\ rrcc;irillltinn thac rail. wlside: Ihe: o.sln. CThb
<br />ouH,'.basin eomrUfti:n. clIuld b.: Incrc.1Cd by 0 chllnse in lyslCQ'l dcal,,,.)
<br />Th.: eurrc~ ndim: UIIIUI:II \'Cllr \llrllc;11l:0lI1 'r ac;rc.lunl i. S2.37 lot in-balln
<br />;~lIlo1r rlllll ." ,,, lulll tUlu'l. I! I 'ceo'f COIl Of r \Ie n "'.16:'
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