Can We Control Weather?
* You might be surprised how many people like to make jokes to us about "controlling" the weather. It's all we can do to get it right most of the time, much less have any say in what it does. But, there are those who believe that we might be able to influence the weather. Here's an article from ABC News:Russian pilots vs clouds at V-day parade
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov says he is sure the Air Force will repel any hostile clouds looking to rain on next week's Victory Day parade.
Russian pilots are past masters at seeding clouds to make rain fall away from major state events, and Mr Ivanov says they will repeat the feat for the Red Square party celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.
The party is due to be attended by more than 50 world statesmen and Mr Ivanov says he will guarantee it will be held under a clear sky.
"Only the Defence Ministry can physically ensure a clear sky," he said in an interview with official daily Rossiskaya Gazeta to be published on Wednesday.
However, Russian meteorologists have suggested his pilots might be up against it, amid predictions of rain for the weekend and most of next week.
* Here's the link to the article:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1359513.htm
Cloud seeding has been attempted, but has been met with limited results. The idea is rather complicated, but the basis is to "seed" clouds with tiny particles. These particles collect moisture on them affect the way rain is formed. I believe the Russian Defence Ministry might be overselling their ability!
posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 1:27 PM
1 Comments:
Josh...Project Stormfury was an attempt to seed hurricanes in an attempt to enlarge the size of the eye and hope to reduce the strenght of the storm. It never worked and the project was later dropped. But there are several 'storm modifications' project still around in the upper mid west.
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