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<br />Crow (1983) studied the climatology of the Colorado Front Range by <br />analyzing data from six climatological stations, each having a record for <br />30 years or more, He found that the available moisture in the higher <br />elevations is a small fraction of the available moisture that feeds con- <br /> <br />vective storms at the lower elevations of the plains just east of the <br /> <br /> <br />mountains, He also found that most precipitation produced by the most <br /> <br /> <br />intense thunderstorms in the higher mountains of Colorado generally con- <br /> <br /> <br />sists of rain and small ice pellets. The more intense storms generally will <br /> <br /> <br />have a larger fraction of ice pellets. Crow determined that the most <br /> <br /> <br />typical precipitation quantities produced by isolated thunderstorms are <br /> <br /> <br />less than 1 inch (25.4 millimeters) and that the majority of storms produce <br /> <br /> <br />less than 0:3 inch (7.6 millimeters), <br /> <br />/<7 <br /> <br />----- <br />