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1.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT The Western Kansas Groundwater Management District #1 (WKGMD) is planning to' conduct a cloud seeding program in southwest Kansas during the spring and summer of 1985. This is a continuation of the WESTERN KANSAS WEATHER MODIFICATION (formerly Muddy Road project) conducted in the growing seasons of 1975, through 1984 which twelve counties have entered into an agreement with the WKGMD and the SWKGMD to jointly finance weather modification operations. Planning and management responsibilities rest with the WKGMD #1 at Scott City. Daily decision-making and execution of this operational plan will be the responsibility of the Project Director. The primary objective of the program is to conduct rain augmen-- tation and hail suppression operations from April 15 through September 15, 1985, ,ill. the specified area using aerial application of silver iodide andl or dry ice nucleating material. A secondary objective is to acquire data related to daily seeding operations and storm activity, and store it in a form suitable for later analysis. 2.0 OPERATING AREA \ 2.1 Primary Target The primary cloud seeding targets are the participating counties shown in Figure 1, 2.2 Area of Influence In the normal conduct of seeding operations it is expected that seeding material release will take place up-wind of the intended target area, and that some of the seeding effects may extend downwind of the pri- mary target. From the foregoing, it can reasonably be expected that the area of influence would be approximately 10 miles upwind and 25 miles down- wind of the primary target, On the basis of prevailing winds this would, in general, be the shaded area of Figure 1. .