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in the winter months. Although snowfall is common in the area, <br />accumulations are generally small and even the heavy snows of 4 to 6 inches <br />(10 to 15 centimeters) seldom remain on the ground for very long. <br />The prevailing winds in the vicinity of the Deserado Nine are controlled by <br />the complex terrain in this area. The synoptic scale flow is blocked both <br />east and west of the site by the Rocky Mountains. This causes the average <br />wind speed to be low and the wind direction to be subject to local terrain <br />features. Scullion Gulch which trends northwest -southeast through the site <br />increases the proportion winds that run along those directions. Another <br />influence is the White River which introduces a northeast -southwest <br />component into the average wind direction. Thus, these two offsetting <br />effects should provide a fairly uniform annual wind direction distribution. <br />Table II.E-1 is the summary of the monthly and annual average water <br />equivalent precipitation at the Rangeley, Colorado Climatological Station. <br />This data covers an eight-year period of record from 1972 through 1979. <br />During this period, the climatological station was located in the town of <br />Rangely from 1972 to May 1977, at the Rangely Power Station from June 1977 <br />to October 1978, and at the Water Plant from November 1978 to present. The <br />maximum and minimum annual water equivalent precipitation are also included <br />in Table II.E-1. <br />10$0 II . E-2 <br />0 <br />• <br />0 <br />