Cloud seeding project to resume Nov. 15

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Aug 27, 2008 at 10:40 AM MST

Story Updated: Aug 27, 2008 at 10:40 AM MST

RAWLINS, WYOMING - The state official overseeing a cloud seeding experiment says the process seems to be boosting precipitation, but it's too soon to be able to say that for certain.

Barry Lawrence of the Wyoming Water Development Commission says he's looking forward to seeing how much snow falls this winter in the cloud-seeding areas in the Medicine Bow, Sierra Madre and Wind River ranges. Cloud seeding is scheduled to resume Nov. 15 in the Snowy Range and Sierra Madre mountains. This will be the second full year of the project.

The experiment involves pumping silver iodide into clouds that are believed to have a marginal chance of producing snowfall. The technology dates to the 1940s but cloud seeding has never been scientifically studied to determine whether it increases snowfall.

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