WMOD00256

• Applicant: Western Weather Consultants
• Project Name: Vail & Beaver Creek
• Date: 11/1/1985
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Application

1. Operational Plan (continued)

meteorological features will determine the network of generators

which will best seed the cloud systems over the project area for

each situation and will provide a method for adjusting the

network as new weather information becomes available.

With a "best" initial network to seed a situation established,

the generator operators are telephoned to turn on their generators

at a specified time and run them at a specific burn rate. On the

same call they will be given a specific turn-off time which could

be subject to change by another phone call from the meteorologist

ac WESTERN WEATHER CONSULTANTS, INC. Incoming weather data into

the forecast office allows a continuous monitoring of any changes

in conditions and any necessary adjustments of termination in the

seeding operation. There will also be a liaison between the

meteoro~ogical control office and the program participants and

field maintenance technicians and selected generator operators

located near the project areas as to any developing conditions that

may warrant a change in the seeding operation.

d. Any Additional Information which May Be Required to Describe the

Operations and the Proposed Method of its Evaluation.

Many design and operational features of this program have been

based upon the findings and experience learned through operating the

Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado River Basin Pilot Project in the

Upper San Juan River Basin. The placement of ground-based generators,

identification of storm systems with favorable modification potential

and concern for public safety and awareness through responsible operations

are specifically Some of the refinements to be incorporated into the

proposed wintertime weather modification program.

An operational report will be furnished to the program participants

and the Director of Natural Resources following each seeding season in

which precipitation within the project area will be indicated with any

pertinent comments to comparisons with respect to normal or precipitation

in adjacent areas. This proposed program will be operated nearly

identical to programs operated by WESTERN WEATHER CONSULTANTS, INC. during

the past ten years in Colorado. Evaluations of these programs have been

made under contracts from the State of Colorado to C.S.U. We would

anticipate similar evaluation results from this proposed program.

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