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<br />I <br /> <br />DAILY OPERATIONS FLOW CHART <br /> <br />OSOO .1045 COT <br />Collection of Weather Data, <br />Analysis & Seedability Prediction <br />at lakin and Colby <br /> <br />-lNPUTS. <br />Intemet-NWS, NCAR <br />DUATS, OTN, TV <br />and RADIO <br /> <br />1045 -1100COT <br /> <br />Lakin & Colby Meteorologist's Conference <br />On Cloud Seedabir and Strat <br /> <br />-Yes- <br />Operate <br /> <br />Sarety <br />Criteria <br /> <br />.No- <br />Don't Operate <br /> <br />1100-1200CDT Crew Briefing,Crew <br />Readiness, Seeding <br />Conditions, Strate <br /> <br />-Daily Reports- <br />Forecasts. Weather- <br />Storm-Oa Case Files <br /> <br /> <br />Crew Briefings . <br /> <br />1200 COT Until <br />Termination of <br />Seeding Operations <br />or Other Tasks Confirm Seeding <br />Strategy and Cloud <br />Res nS8' <br /> <br /> <br />KBUF <br />Broadcast <br /> <br />Radar Monitoring <br />Weather Watch <br /> <br />Systems Compile <br />Maintenance Data <br /> <br /> <br />Documentation <br /> <br />Flight Hail Claim <br />Fonns Data <br /> <br /> <br />Data Analyses <br />Re r!s <br /> <br />Fig. 4 <br /> <br />within clouds is used as a test for determining whether crop-damaging hail potential exists in <br />storms and how destructive is its potential relative to other storms. It provides measurable data <br />crucial to making operational decisions regarding aircraft guidance during operations. <br /> <br />Radar echo output is displayed in colored contours viewed on a computer monitor. This <br />basic technique to determine whether or not there is crop-damaging hail in clouds has been used <br />continuously on the WKWMP, in one form or another, since 1985. It's easy to calculate, even <br />without a computer, provides sufficient accuracy and is reliable. Although one person can run the <br />system, it works best if during operations the meteorologist can focus on providing aircraft <br />guidance while his assistant operates the computer, collects weather data, updates weather <br />information for the meteorologist's examination and moves radar data to the Internet both for <br />pubic viewing and for the Colby radar site team to monitor In the PPI mode the background <br />display automatically shows all regional boundaries, counties, neighboring counties, state lines, <br />VOR navigational aids and the locations of regional towns. <br /> <br />18 <br />