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-2, Maintenance funds proposals for Federal Fiscal Year 04, The language in the House Committee Report should include the latitude for the Corps' to conduct PMP and PMF Technical Reviews, Presentation by Ed Tomlinson, Applied Weather Associates: The Tomlinson and Henz PowerPoint presentations are attached but a presentation summary follows, Also included are dialogue and comments from meeting attendees, Bill Miller, USACE: asked about the congressional efforts taken by CWCB and others regarding funding, Should language be added to the House report that can be implemented in the Ff 2004 budget? Larry agreed to discuss this in an hour or so, Ed Tomlinson, A W A: stated that he is very proud of this study and made no assumptions without validating them with data and analysis, He compared NWS results to the A W A results, Tomlinson showed a colorful terrain map ofthe Palmer Divide, including the basin outline and the influential moisture inflow barrier ridges, The Palmer Divide's highest elevation is 7,700 feet, and the lowest elevation is 5,500 feet on the north side, and 5200 feet on the south side, There are multiple ridges on the north side of the Palmer Divide, The combination of the Palmer and Kiowa barriers are the highest features, Tomlinson showed a 3-D map for the Cherry Creek basin looking to the north with the radiating inflow lines, Tomlinson showed a 3,D map looking to the south of the basin, including barriers and inflow wind lines, Tomlinson gave the definition ofPMP with emphasis on the "physically possible" concept for the Cherry Creek basin. "Theoretically the greatest depth of precipitation for a given dnration that is physically possible over a given size storm area at a particular geographic location at a certain time of year" Major issues that A W A identified were: "physically possible" All assumptions must be meteorologically consistent. Storm characteristics must be consistent with extreme rainfall storms in Colorado regarding particular geographic locations, Topographic effects on rainfall production, storm rainfall pattern orientation, storm centering, moisture depletion by the upwind barriers "given size storm area" and spatial characteristics of Colorado storms, Tomlinson went over the major issues of the PMP study; assumptions must be meteorologically consistent; storms used must be consistent with Colorado storms; topographic effects of the Palmer Divide; storm rainfall pattern orientation; storm centering; moisture depletion by the upwind barriers; spatial characteristics of Colorado storms, Project objectives were to review ofNWS site,specific study; have the A W A team conduct a site,specific study and compare the results of the A W A team and NWS study from 1995, In the review ofNWS study; HMR 52 used spatial rainfall patterns from storms not like Colorado storms; HMR 55A PMP values could not be reproduced because of the lack of data, Ed Tomlinson also concluded that K,factors that increases rainfall amounts should not be used for the downslope terrain into Cherry Creek. Tomlinson showed the comparisons of the 1995 NWS study and the 2003 A W A study PMP values, Three factors were found in the A W A team PMP study results; moisture depletion by the Palmer Divide and Kiowa barriers; spatial distributions of extreme rainfall; orographic effects within the basin such as downslope winds in the basin - affects on the k,factor, HMR 55A reproduction: CWCB Freedom of Information Act used at the request ofthe National Weather Service as a formality, A W A reviewed HMR 55A for additional information and concluded that insufficient information was given to reproduce the 1995 NWS Site Specific PMP Study values, A W A used storm data from 10 extreme Colorado storms, Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning