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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I. SU/1MARY <br /> <br />The summary points of this analysis of precipitation related to <br /> <br />streamflow and peak discharge in the Gore Range area of Colorado include <br /> <br />the following: <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />The major moisture source for summer thunderstorms in the Gore <br /> <br />Range is from air masses moving northward from the Gulf of Mexico. <br /> <br />The moist air must move past multiple prior ranges of high terrain <br /> <br />before reaching the Gore Range. The intervening mountains will <br /> <br />extract moisture content from thunderstorms and/or heavy showers <br /> <br />before the air mass reaches the Gore Range. <br /> <br />2. Peak discharge for all tributaries to Gore Creek occurs during the <br /> <br />snow melt season. <br /> <br />3. Relatively heavy rain storms cccurring on or before the end of the <br /> <br />snow melt period tend to increase the density of snow pack with <br /> <br />almost no response directly into streamflow on the same day or the <br /> <br />following day. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />The air mass from which summer thunderstorms can develop above the <br /> <br />Gore Range is highly limited due to cool temperatures and corres- <br /> <br />pondingly low moisture content. <br /> <br />5. Duration of " thunderstorm over the high mountain terrain on the <br /> <br />westward slopes of the Gore Range is expected to be limited to <br /> <br />not more than 40 minutes. <br /> <br />-1- <br />