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<br />'" <br />l <br /> <br /> <br />S <br />FOR THE PERIOD JULY :;24 - JULY 30, 1994. <br /> <br />WEEXLY NEwS!$T1'ER <9 <br />94-13 <br /> <br /> <br />.-..",,- <br /> <br />,~ <br />~; <br /> <br />.., <br />j': <br /><::: <br /> <br />General Inte~e~t~ Since 1980 a dedicated group of individua a <br />faml1iQ8 have participated voluntarily in a netwo.rk reco.rding daily <br />rainfall on th~ii" talo"lD or whQrlaver they live. Much ot Southwester,tl <br />and Western KanlO8s is covered. All raillguages, forllls and atamped <br />Qnvelo.pes are provided by Western Kansss Groundwater MBnaglillllent <br />District. 111. At th&> end of Qach mon.th, April through S"ptQll'lbQr, <br />rainfall data are sent to Uill and are monitored, anB.IY~lad and <br />srchived by th" Woather Modification Plo"ograJl1 st.aff. <br /> <br />~h~ rainfall data obtained by the network provide a valuable <br />aaurce of information used to. d61tQrml11e which partions of thlil area <br />are likely to. be experiencing mor~, or leas, than &vQraga rainfall. <br /> <br />A data callection effort $lIch BS thi61 is long-term in d8aign; <br />our objectivQ ilO1 1.01'111 in lUany of the larglil gaps now exiating <br />between official NatiOllal Weathl\l,l." ServicQ firlilt and lO1econd-ordar <br />observing ~lteg_ Knowing the true rainfall repr&~entation here ia <br />important information, liilspo;lcial1y knowing where b8st .to att8lllpt <br />cloud seeding to ~timulate rainfall. A12o, we hope it can be uaed <br />in a future evaluiltion to dllltel."mine cloud saeding effects. <br /> <br />~he ourrQut rainfall reporting observQr network is spread out <br />over a large area and ha~ nat yet achi~ved the observer density we <br />would like to. have, es'pecially in th6l southern t.wo rows of counties <br />closest to Oklahoma. Combined with the sloW attrition of observers, <br />thilil hag prompted us now to look fo~" more peaple willing to <br />participate in the network on a volunt8~y bauis. <br /> <br />It anyone would' like to p8.rticipate in th@ WKGMD .n Rain:Call <br />Reporting Netwo.r:k next year, who ia not. already participating, your <br />assistance \IIould be greatlyapP,l.-eciated. Please contact either YQur <br />local Groundwater ManagQIDent District or the WeathEr Modification <br />Program Field Headquarters in Lakin. Contact pointlil tallow: <br /> <br />Western !<angas Groundw8t..r ManagQlumt District U ('I'el: 872-5563) <br />P.O. Box 609 <br />Scott City, KS 67871 <br />.' <br /> <br />Southwest KansOls Groundwater Management Oiatrict /#3 (~Ql: 27S-714.7) <br />409 Campus Drive, <br />Garden City, KS 67846 <br /> <br />Northwest KaJlSBOI GroundwBter Managem,;}nt District #2 (Tel: 462-3915) <br />P.O. Box 90S <br />Colby, KS 67701, or <br /> <br />~ Program Field Office <br />P.O. Box 254 <br />Lllkin, KS 67860 <br /> <br />(Tel: 355-6913/6914) <br />