2020-2021 Cloud Seeding Summary
Table 1. 2020-2021 Cloud seeding season summary data from Idaho Power Company (November 1st 2020 – April 15th 2021)
During the WY2021 cloud seeding season, in the Central Mountains IPC operated 32 remote ground-based cloud seeding generators, 2 cloud seeding aircraft (operated by WMI), 1 automated surface observing system (ASOS), 2 radiometers and 11 high resolution precipitation gauges focusing on the Payette, Boise and Wood River Basins. In the Upper Snake Basin, the High-Country RC&D (HC RC&D) operated 25 manual ground based cloud seeding generators (operated by Let It Snow), IPC operated 1 cloud seeding aircraft (operated by WMI) and 25 remote ground based cloud seeding generators, 1 ASOS, 2 radiometers and 2 high resolution precipitation gauges. As part of the collaborative efforts in the Upper Snake Basin, IPC provides its weather and cloud seeding operations forecasts and other scientific support to Let It Snow in support of its operation of manual ground generators.
Monthly Operations Summary
Figure 1. 2020-2021 Cloud seeding ground generator operational hours by month by basin (created by Idaho Power Company)
Figure 2. 2020-2021 Cloud seeding aircraft operational hours by month by basin (created by Idaho Power Company)
