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<br />,-) <br /> <br />,.. . ~,~, '... '. <br /> <br />,fj~~'.'.-'h ~-n'1: . <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />seeding just llCll'th of Lakin alDng thO) southerly moving E-W line of <br />storms. Shortly, seeding was spread out fUt'ther west to in.;;lude <br />parts of Hamilton County so that Stanton County could be protected. <br />Fortunately, the two other cloud b~se planes got resupplied a~d <br />airborne at 8:52 p.m. and 8:57 p.m. Unfortunately, one of the <br />planes developed /'In electrical problem and had to land. Seeding <br />continued along the line of storms eastward from eastel-n Hamilton <br />County across most of Kearny County. New stonn development that <br />grew around the old line moved more southeasterly than before with <br />seeding continuing on J.t---rnostly over' eastern Grant and western <br />Haskell counties. Seeding ended at 11:23 p.m. as storms reached <br />the southern bo~der of H~skell County. <br /> <br />JULY 24t.h---OPERATIONAL DAY #31: This wa!3 a nighttime l'ai\'l.fall <br />stimulatitm attempt. Three cloud base aircraft wel'e sent up on <br />small cells beginning around 9: 47 p. In. There was the appearance of <br />some N-S organization of the cells, however, they did not develop <br />well beyond a certain point. A line of small cells over Greeley <br />and Wallace counties were seeded and held t068ther to produoe some <br />ra.infall as they Illoved no~therly out of the taq,et area through <br />Greeley and Wallace counties. The best cluster of cells to hold <br />together began north of Lakin and moved NE into SE Wichita and NW <br />Scott counties. THO planes worked i.t over the Modoc area in W. <br />Soott County befot'e terminating its seeding. Two base planes weT'e <br />then released to go back to their bases. The third plane was sent <br />to eastern ColO!'do foT' some brief seeding on a weak storm complex <br />moving towEu'd Gr~<eley County. However, that complex drifted NNB and <br />clipped the NW corner of Greeley and SW Wallace counties. Seeding <br />ended at 11:45 p.m., MDT. <br /> <br />Seeding was pel"formed 1n east-central Kiowa County (Colorado) <br />~1:39 p.m. to 11:48 p.m.; 28 erams of silver iodide were burned. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />JULY 25th/20th---OPERATlONAL DAY #32/#33: This was another late <br />night-ear),y morn1 ng seeding operat ion specif ica lly to increase <br />rainfall. Relatively weak storms Were moving SE frow E. Colorado <br />toward W. Kansas. Two cloud base aircraft were ~ent out around 10 <br />p.m., MDT, to meet an advancing storm. Upon arrival at the storm, <br />it ohanged course: first stalling out, then intensifying a little, <br />then moving E to ESE. One plane was sent back to its base, the <br />other began seeding it at 11: 28 p. m. in east-c8htra 1 Pr'owers County <br />(Colorado), near Holly. The storm became sluggish in it6 movement <br />once again; seeding eventu~lly ended in Colorado at 12:33 a.m. and <br />the plane was sent back to its base hl:l,ving seeded wi th 154 gl'B.rnS of <br />silVer iodide. Enroute to its base, the aircraft was re-directed to <br />a new SE-moving storm tracking across Cheyenne County (Colon.do) <br />toward Greeley County. Seeding VIas per-fanned in Colorado 1: 08 a. m. <br />to 1:39 a.m. in NW KiOWa County burning 124 grams of silver iodide. <br /> <br />The seeding ait'craft eventually ~an low on fuel and was <br />recalled; another cloud base plane had been scrambled earlier to <br />replace it. However, upon arrival at cloud base, tbe storm had <br />become much weaker; seeding was bt-ief---about 5 minutes between <br />