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<br />~ <br /> <br />OPERATIONS FLOW CHART <br /> <br />01)0.1000 liT <br /> <br />C"lhecion of <br />\luthot Oah, <br /> <br />-lUrUTS- <br />htelllt.O."n <br />I1cdL, rOHcn.t. <br />rd,,~t. lleHhu SOufn <br /> <br />. \I;,uIlHOaU <br />Andydl "I'd <br />Pup...tlo.. <br />"' <br />5ndlbll1ty <br />r"....., YES <br />op.rou <br /> <br /> <br />Ill) <br />t.'.,,,dby <br /> <br />1000-103C/1fT <br /> <br />CUI/Kudin... <br />S..41I\IT1,. <br />hedin,S'..'.,y <br /> <br />-Ool1yll..po.t,_ <br />rouco.,.,ltcothcrll'," <br />Cr... 'udln.... Sd.eduh <br />Individual Cou fth. <br /> <br />~n" <br />hhHnl1 <br /> <br />10)0 liT <br /> <br /> <br />'."1",5".,,,,111.'''.. <br />of roulblc <br />Cloud Devclor...nta <br /> <br />'" <br />TC'llinat1on <br />,.,../lIlIOp.r.Hall. <br />"' <br />Othuta.k <br /> <br />Doc.....",&t{o.. <br /> <br />Fig. 4 <br /> <br />C. WEATHER SURVEILLANCE - VISUAL AND RADAR <br /> <br />After making the morning forecast, a visual watch and radar watch <br />followed. Periodic updates were made using media broadcasts showing <br />satellite and other radar data. Weathersource Inc, additionally <br />provided information alerts whenever they felt a particularly severe <br />weather situation was anticipated in our region, <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />In order to reduce hail effectively, it is extremely important to <br />be able to quickly identify potentially severe storms and to begin <br />seeding them as soon as possible in their life cycle. Recognition of <br />benign clouds as opposed to potentially destructive clouds require <br />considerable experience and expertise. As a general rule, WKWM pilots <br />and meteorologists are able to visually distinguish between the two <br />types of clouds. Flights are often launched on a visual basis because <br />cloud droplets in rapidly growing clouds are not large enough to be <br />"seen" by radar until relatively late in their life cycle. WKW:M: <br />personnel understand this important concept well and are highly <br />vigilant in watching the skies for incipient severe storms as well as <br />able to deploy rapidly when required. <br /> <br />Radar becomes an indispensable tool in the identification and <br />tracking of severe storms once formed. WKGND #1 owns the 5-centimeter <br />wavelength weather radar system currently used on the WKWM Program, It <br />is similar to many used by the National Weather Service. Its normal <br />operational mode is on a 100 n.m, range and has both a range-height <br />indicator (RHI) for cloud height measurements and a plan-position <br />. indicator (PPI). for horizontal viewing, Incorporated into the sy.stem <br />'is an aircraft interrogator/transponder flight tracking system, <br />Additional radar specifications and interrogator-transponder <br />specifications are found in Appendices E and F, respectively. <br />