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<br />-~. <br /> <br />.'- <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />FOREWARD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS <br /> <br />As the 1985 season comes to a close in mid-September, most of southwest <br /> <br />Kansas has received recent rains sufficient to get the winter wheat crop <br /> <br />off to a great start for 1986. Undoubtedly, these rains will greatly <br /> <br />influence the overall precipitation figures for the year, probably indi- <br /> <br />eating above average rainfall over much of southwest Kansas for 1986. At <br /> <br />the Lakin airport, for instance, rainfall over the approximate 36-hour <br /> <br />period of September 10 and 11 produced 5.30 inches - fully 40% of the annual <br />, <br /> <br />6 - month average from April through September! <br /> <br />As project director, I wish to extend my appreciation to WKGMD #1, <br /> <br />Keith Lebbin and Neta Wheeler for their assistance during the season, in <br /> <br />particular in the assembling, editing and production of this final report. <br /> <br />Also, appreciation is extended to my assistant meteorologist, Matthew <br /> <br />G~rard, for his laborious compilation of over 10,000 hail damage insurance <br /> <br />claims, and oVer 500 area rainfall reports during the 1985 season. Without <br /> <br />this information, some of the more important analyses performed by him and <br /> <br />many graphic displays found in this report would have been impossible. <br /> <br />Finally, my appreciation goes out to all the WKWM pilots and to their <br /> <br />respective support bases at Dodge City, Scott City, Ulysses, and Lakin - <br /> <br />their efforts will never be fully recognized. <br /> <br />Curtis D. Smith <br />Program Director <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />,'- <br />