Brian McKenna

Meteorology. Data Science. Penn State. Brown U.

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@ChrisBBacon3 @CColose Title? What had 3 non-severe and 0 severe in 2015-2016 season?

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Regardless, let's start with the report
'...to generate additional rainwater, and hence runoff, into the two reservoirs (Lake Thomas and E. V. Spence Reservoir)...'
Historical levels are available at https://t.co/z3byvP28J0
Aside from showing the 20-30% is likely already there (comparing 2011 to 2020s in statistics), there is also room for additional water.

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To answer in good faith, can you clarify what you mean by "rain making system" here? Unclear if you mean cloud, water cycle or something else.
Speaking of good faith, what's with the +10 bump in your range? 20-30 originally, now 30-40? I'm not seeing those in this report. Do you have an alternative to include here?

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@commanderdata85 @MatthewCappucci @AGJamesUthmeier Not following. Eastern Atlantic often has high enough concentration for impacts, but dust is heavy and most has fallen out by western Atlantic.

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The context for these increases is long term fresh water supply. Yes, they've gotten better at managing where and when over the target season.
'those using weather-modification technology are urged to view cloud seeding as a viable, long-term water management strategy for augmenting fresh-water supplies, not as a short-term, quick "fix" to the drought problem.'

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@kylamb8 two paragraphs below what you've posted
'there is no evidence that seeding causes clouds to grow substantially taller and produce unwanted effects (such as damaging winds, hail, and flash floods).'

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@commanderdata85 @MatthewCappucci @AGJamesUthmeier https://t.co/WvQDSSP0Kx

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@khoney Why can't they both be right? EPA for understanding/publishing concentration thresholds, and DOD/DOI/NOAA for guidance in effective use/opportunities well below these thresholds.