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WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Safety Analysis Report Revision 4 Page H-1 Attachment H Compiled Meteorological and Climatology Data (80 pages)

Please Note: The attachment is Section 2.3.1, Meteorological and Climatology Data, Revision 12a, dated March 16, 2007, from the APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-1 Revision 12a APPENDIX 2.3.1 METEOROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGY DATA

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-2 Revision 12a TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page 1.0 Collection of Meteorological Data.......................................................................................5 2.0 Temperature and Humidity..................................................................................................6 3.0 Precipitation.........................................................................................................................6 4.0 Wind and Atmospheric Stability..........................................................................................7 5.0 Natural Hazards and Storm Activity....................................................................................7 References......................................................................................................................................56 LIST OF FIGURES Figure Title Page Figure 1. Andrews, TX Windrose Data (1985-1989)....................................................................35 Figure 2. Midland, TX Windrose Data (1999)..............................................................................36 Figure 3. Midland, TX Windrose Data (2000)..............................................................................37 Figure 4. Midland, TX Windrose Data (2001)..............................................................................38 Figure 5. Midland, TX Windrose Data (2002)..............................................................................39 Figure 6. Midland, TX Windrose Data (2003)..............................................................................40 Figure 7. Midland, TX Windrose Data (1999-2003)....................................................................41 Figure 8. WCS Lower Windrose Data (2000)...............................................................................42 Figure 9. WCS Lower Windrose Data (2001)...............................................................................43 Figure 10. WCS Lower Windrose Data (2002).............................................................................44 Figure 11. WCS Lower Windrose Data (2003).............................................................................45 Figure 11A. WCS Lower Windrose Data (2004)..........................................................................46 Figure 11B. WCS Lower Windrose Data (2005)...........................................................................47 Figure 12. WCS Lower Windrose Data (2000-2005)...................................................................48 Figure 13. WCS Upper Windrose Data (2000)..............................................................................49 Figure 14. WCS Upper Windrose Data (2001)..............................................................................50 Figure 15. WCS Upper Windrose Data (2002)..............................................................................51 Figure 16. WCS Upper Windrose Data (2003)..............................................................................52 Figure 16A. WCS Upper Windrose Data (2004)...........................................................................53 Figure 16B. WCS Upper Windrose Data (2005)...........................................................................54 Figure 17. WCS Upper Windrose Data (2000-2005)....................................................................55 LIST OF TABLES Table Title Page Table 1. Andrews, TX Period of Record Temperature Data (1914-2006)......................................8 Table 2. Andrews, TX Period of Record Precipitation Data (1914-2006)......................................9 Table 3. Andrews, TX Period of Record Snow Data (1914-2006).................................................9 Table 4. Andrews, TX Wind Data (1985-1989)............................................................................10

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-3 Revision 12a Table 5. Andrews, TX Stability Table (1985-1989).....................................................................10 Table 6. Hobbs, NM Period of Record Temperature Data (1914-2006).......................................11 Table 7. Hobbs, NM Period of Record Precipitation Data (1914-2006).......................................12 Table 8. Hobbs, NM Period of Record Snow Data (1914-2006)..................................................12 Table 9. Hobbs, NM Particulate Matter Monitor Summary (2002-2003)....................................13 Table 10. Jal, NM Period of Record Temperature Data (1919-2006)...........................................13 Table 11. Jal, NM Period of Record Precipitation Data (1919-2006)...........................................14 Table 12. Jal, NM Period of Record Snow Data (1919-2006)......................................................14 Table 13. Midland, TX Period of Record Temperature Data (1948-2006)...................................15 Table 14. Midland, TX Period of Record Precipitation Data (1948-2006)...................................16 Table 15. Midland, TX Period of Record Snow Data (1948-2006)..............................................16 Table 16. Midland, TX Six-Year Temperature Data (2000-2005)...............................................17 Table 17. Midland, TX Six-Year Precipitation Data (2000-2005)...............................................18 Table 18. Midland, TX Wind Data (1999)....................................................................................19 Table 19. Midland, TX Wind Data (2000)....................................................................................19 Table 20. Midland, TX Wind Data (2001)....................................................................................20 Table 21. Midland, TX Wind Data (2002)....................................................................................20 Table 22. Midland, TX Wind Data (2003)....................................................................................21 Table 23. Midland, TX Wind Data (1999-2003)..........................................................................21 Table 24. Midland, TX Stability Table (1999-2003)....................................................................22 Table 25. WCS Lower Six-Year Temperature Data (2000-2005)................................................22 Table 26. WCS Lower Six-Year Precipitation Data (2000-2005)................................................23 Table 26A. WCS Six-Year Precipitation Duration (2000-2005)..................................................23 Table 27. WCS Lower Six-Year Humidity Data (2000-2005).....................................................24 Table 28. WCS Upper Six-Year Humidity Data (2000-2005)......................................................24 Table 29. WCS Lower Wind Data (2000).....................................................................................25 Table 30. WCS Lower Wind Data (2001).....................................................................................25 Table 31. WCS Lower Wind Data (2002).....................................................................................26 Table 32. WCS Lower Wind Data (2003).....................................................................................26 Table 32A. WCS Lower Wind Data (2004)..................................................................................27 Table 32B. WCS Lower Wind Data (2005)...................................................................................27 Table 33. WCS Lower Wind Data (2000-2005)...........................................................................28 Table 34. WCS Lower Stability Table (2000-2005).....................................................................28 Table 35. WCS Upper Wind Data (2000)......................................................................................29 Table 36. WCS Upper Wind Data (2001)......................................................................................29 Table 37. WCS Upper Wind Data (2002)......................................................................................30 Table 38. WCS Upper Wind Data (2003)......................................................................................30 Table 38A. WCS Upper Wind Data (2004)...................................................................................31 Table 38B. WCS Upper Wind Data (2005)...................................................................................31 Table 39. WCS Upper Wind Data (2000-2005)............................................................................32 Table 40. WCS Upper Stability Table (2000-2005).....................................................................32 Table 41. Flood Occurrences for Andrews County (1993-2004)...............................................33 Table 42. Thunderstorm and High Wind Occurrences for Andrews County (1993-2004)...........33 Table 43. Hail Occurrences for Andrews County (1993-2004)....................................................34

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-4 Revision 12a LIST OF ATTACHMENTS Attachment Title Page : Flood Events Reported in Andrews County...........................................................57 : Thunderstorm and High Wind Events Reported in Andrews County....................59 : Hail Events Reported in Andrews County.............................................................64 : Lightning Events Reported in Andrews County....................................................69 : Tornado Events Reported in Andrews County......................................................71 : Source Precipitation Data CD................................................................................80

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-5 Revision 12a 1.0 COLLECTION OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA Meteorological data have been collected on the WCS property to meet two primary criteria. First, precipitation and evaporation data have been collected as required for determining a water balance for the proposed Site. Second, air quality data have been collected for analyzing potential releases of airborne radioactivity.

Data were collected from the on-site meteorological station operated by WCS as well as four additional stations in the area for use as a comparative analysis. The data collected by the on-site meteorological station operated by WCS (WCS station) is summarized in conjunction with data collected by the four regional weather stations listed below:

• WCS Station, located on the WCS property approximately 1/2 mile southwest of the proposed Site. The WCS station data was collected during the period from January 2000 through December 2005. The WCS Station data is tabulated in Tables 25 through 40 and Figures 8 through 17. WCS station has sensors at both the 2-meter (lower) and 10-meter (upper) height intervals.

• Andrews, Texas station located 50 km (31 miles) southeast of the proposed Site. Data averages, unless otherwise noted, are based on available historic records from 1914-2006, using climate summaries updated on November 2, 2006 (WRCC, 2006). Data for this station are included in Tables 1 through 5 and Figure 1.

• Midland-Odessa Regional Airport, Texas station located 103 km (64 miles) southeast of the proposed Site. Data averages, unless otherwise noted, are based on available historic records from 1948-2006, using climate summaries updated on November 2, 2006 (WRCC, 2006). Data for this station are provided in Tables 13 through 24 and Figures 2 through 7.

• Hobbs, New Mexico station located 32 km (20 miles) northwest of the proposed Site.

Data averages, unless otherwise noted, are based on available historic records from 1914-2006, using climate summaries updated on July 28, 2006 (WRCC, 2006). Data for this station are provided in Tables 6 through 9. While there are two weather stations for Hobbs, NM, the airport station has only limited data for a drier ten-year period. So the other weather station in Hobbs, NM (ID 29-4026), which has a much longer historical record (at least 70 years of recorded data), was included in the climate summaries.

• Jal, New Mexico station located 39 km (24 miles) southwest of the proposed Site.

Data averages, unless otherwise noted, are based on available historic records from 1919-2006, using climate summaries updated on July 28, 2006 (WRCC, 2006). Data for station are provided in Tables 10 through 12.

The Andrews, Midland, Hobbs, and Jal stations provide a long-term data set to compare against the 6-year data set collected at the WCS station. The Midland-Odessa station is the closest First-Order station to the proposed Site and is operated by the National Weather Service.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-6 Revision 12a 2.0 TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY On-site measured air temperatures at 2 meters were consistent with an annual pattern of high summer temperatures and low fall (and winter) temperatures as indicated in Table 25 in this appendix. The highest and lowest temperatures recorded on-site between January of 2000 and December of 2005 was 107.9 degrees F and 3.7 degrees F, respectively. The mean monthly average temperatures on-site ranged from 82.0 degrees F in July to 42.2 degrees F in December.

The lowest and highest relative humidity values recorded are from 30% in April (lower station) to 84% in October (lower station). The average monthly relative humidity ranged from 50% in April (upper station) to 70% in October (lower station). On-site humidity data for the upper and lower stations are summarized in Tables 27 and 28 respectively in this appendix.

Summaries of the historic record of temperature data, including minimums, maximums, and means, for the Andrews, Hobbs, Jal, and Midland meteorological stations are included in Tables 1, 6, 10, and 13 in this appendix.

3.0 PRECIPITATION Precipitation data for the WCS station are presented in Table 26 and Table 26A in this appendix.

The average annual rainfall at the proposed Site from January 2000 through December 2005 is 15.8 inches. The maximum on-site rainfall amount recorded for a 24-hour period is 4.45 inches.

Minimum and maximum monthly rainfall totals recorded for this period were 0.1 and 8.8 inches, respectively. Snow and freezing rain data were not collected at the WCS station.

Summaries of the historic record of rainfall data are presented in Tables 2, 7, 11, and 14 of this appendix for the Andrews, Hobbs, Jal, and Midland meteorological stations. Average annual totals for the respective periods of record were 15.3 inches for Andrews, 16.0 inches for Hobbs, 12.5 inches for Jal, and 14.0 inches for Midland. These tables also present the minimum and maximum monthly totals. The data for all stations clearly demonstrated an annual rainfall in the region of less than 20 inches. The maximum 24-hour maximum rainfall amounts recorded at the four stations were 7.6, 7.5, 5.6, and 4.8 inches for Andrews, Hobbs, Jal, and Midland, respectively. By comparison, the 24-hour, 100-year storm event for the region, as calculated by NOAA, is 6.1 inches (Miller et al., 1973).

Annual snowfall averages were recorded at 3.4, 5.1, 3.5, and 4.1 inches for Andrews, Hobbs, Jal, and Midland, respectively. Summaries of the historic record of snow data, including averages, maximums, and minimums, for the Andrews, Hobbs, Jal, and Midland meteorological stations are included in Tables 3, 8, 12, and 15 in this appendix.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-7 Revision 12a 4.0 WIND AND ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY Wind speed and direction data measured at the WCS station at the 2- (lower) and 10-meter height (upper) are presented in Figures 8 through 12 and 13 through 17 in this appendix, respectively. These data were used to develop joint frequency distributions of wind speed and direction. The data are summarized in Tables 29 through 33 and 35 through 39 in this appendix.

Wind direction measured on-site is primarily from the south, south-southeast, and south-southwest, with the greatest percentage from the south. These sectors together account for 28.5 percent of hourly average wind data for the period. The next most frequent wind direction is east-northeast, northeast and east sectors accounting for 17.2%. Average wind speeds varied very little from month to month. The strongest average winds during the monitoring period were from the southerly directions with average wind speeds of 8 to 11.5 mph. The highest one-hour wind speeds occurred during September, blowing from the south-southeast direction. The highest recorded one-hour wind speeds were 32.8 and 43.6 miles per hour at the 2-meter and 10-meter height, respectively.

The Pasquill-Gifford method was used to estimate atmospheric stability at the site using the 2-and 10-meter wind data collected from the WCS station. The joint frequency distributions of wind speed and direction as a function of Pasquill stability class (A-F) are presented in Tables 34 and 40 for the 2-meter and 10-meter stations. Midland-Odessa Station using National Weather Service meteorological data for same joint frequency distributions is presented for the 10-meter height in Table 24. Five years of data (1999 through 2003) from the Midland-Odessa Station were used in comparison to the WCS station data collected between 2000 and 2005.

The most important and potentially adverse condition for atmospheric dispersion, stable (Class F) and low wind speeds 0.4 to 1.3 m/s (1.0 to 3.0 mi/hr) occur 2.2% of the time. The highest occurrences of Pasquill Class F and low wind speeds with respect to wind direction are toward the south. Mixing height limits recorded for Midland reported by Draxler and Heffter, (1981) ranged from 1592 feet in the winter to 2381 feet in the summer, with an annual average of 2014 feet.

5.0 NATURAL HAZARDS AND STORM ACTIVITY Sand or dust storms typically occur in the winter or early spring when rotors (horizontal vortices) generated by strong westerly winds blowing across the region touch the ground. Most episodes of dust prevail for only six hours or less, when visibility is restricted to less than 0.5 mile.

Statistical information is lacking on seasonal distribution intensity and duration of dust storms for the region. Recent data recorded in Lubbock, Texas (110 miles northeast of the site) indicates blowing dust an average of 12 times in the spring and 9 times during the remainder of the year (Bomar, 1995).

Two F2 Class (wind speed from 113 to 157 mph) tornadoes have been recorded in Andrews County, TX from 1880 through 1989 (Grazulis, 1993). According to data reported by NOAA, there has been two F2 Class and eight F1 Class (wind speed from 73 to 112 mph) tornadoes recorded in Andrews County since 1950. The NOAA web search for tornadoes is included as in this appendix.

The mean number of annual thunderstorm days for Hobbs, NM and Midland, TX is 25.5 and 36.4 days, respectively (Weather Disk Association, Inc., 1990; NOAA, 2004). No records are

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-8 Revision 12a maintained for the frequency of thunderstorms at the proposed Site. However, the actual number of events can be expected to be similar to these regional data.

Information regarding extreme natural events, such as flooding, thunderstorms, high winds, hail, and lightning, are presented in Tables 41 - 43 and Attachments 1 - 4. As previously mentioned, the NOAA web search for tornadoes is included as Attachment 5 in this appendix.

Table 1. Andrews, TX Period of Record Temperature Data (1914-2006)

MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MAX.

TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MIN.

TEMPERATURE HIGHEST DAILY MAX.

TEMPERATURE LOWEST DAILY MIN.

TEMPERATURE MONTH OC (OF)

OC (OF)

OC (OF)

OC (OF)

OC (OF)

January 6.8 (44.2) 14.5 (58.1)

-1.0 (30.2) 29.4 (85.0)

-17.8 (0.0)

February 9.2 (48.6) 17.3 (63.2) 1.1 (33.9) 31.7 (89.0)

-18.3

(-1.0)

March 13.2 (55.8) 21.7 (71.1) 4.7 (40.4) 36.1 (97.0)

-13.3 (8.0)

April 18.2 (64.8) 26.9 (80.4) 9.5 (49.1) 37.2 (99.0)

-5.0 (23.0)

May 22.7 (72.9) 30.9 (87.7) 14.5 (58.1) 41.7 (107.0) 0.6 (33.0)

June 26.4 (79.6) 34.2 (93.6) 18.6 (65.5) 45.0 (113.0) 5.0 (41.0)

July 27.5 (81.5) 34.8 (94.6) 20.2 (68.3) 43.9 (111.0) 13.9 (57.0)

August 26.7 (80.1) 33.9 (93.0) 19.6 (67.2) 41.1 (106.0) 12.2 (54.0)

September 23.3 (74.0) 30.4 (86.8) 16.2 (61.1) 40.0 (104.0) 3.3 (38.0)

October 18.3 (64.9) 26.0 (78.8) 10.5 (50.9) 38.3 (101.0)

-5.6 (22.0)

November 11.7 (53.0) 19.2 (66.6) 4.1 (39.4) 33.9 (93.0)

-11.7 (11.0)

December 7.5 (45.5) 15.1 (59.1)

-0.1 (31.9) 27.2 (81.0)

-17.2 (1.0)

Annual 17.6 (63.7) 25.4 (77.8) 9.8 (49.7) 45.0 (113.0)

-18.3

(-1.0)

Source: (WRCC, 2006)

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-9 Revision 12a Table 2. Andrews, TX Period of Record Precipitation Data (1914-2006)

PRECIPITATION CM (INCHES) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 1.24 (0.49) 1.50 (0.59) 1.70 (0.67) 2.41 (0.95) 4.19 (1.65) 4.88 (1.92) 5.74 (2.26) 4.78 (1.88) 5.72 (2.25) 3.78 (1.49) 1.58 (0.62) 1.35 (0.53) 38.86 (15.30)

Maximum 11.40 (4.49) 6.40 (2.52) 8.46 (3.33) 13.67 (5.38) 14.91 (5.87) 18.06 (7.11) 30.23 (11.90) 14.00 (5.51) 20.17 (7.94) 16.16 (6.36) 8.00 (3.15) 7.80 (3.07) 78.66 (30.97)

Minimum 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.36 (0.14) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 19.30 (7.60)

Max 24 Hr 5.61 (2.21) 2.54 (1.00) 4.70 (1.85) 6.30 (2.48) 7.62 (3.00) 9.40 (3.70) 19.30 (7.60) 6.10 (2.40) 8.90 (3.50) 5.21 (2.05) 5.33 (2.10) 3.94 (1.55) 19.30 (7.60)

Source: (WRCC, 2006)

Table 3. Andrews, TX Period of Record Snow Data (1914-2006)

SNOW CM (INCHES) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 3.33 (1.31) 1.52 (0.60) 0.08 (0.03) 0.15 (0.06) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.08 (0.03) 1.45 (0.57) 1.98 (0.78) 8.59 (3.38)

Maximum 25.40 (10.00) 17.78 (7.00) 2.54 (1.00) 6.35 (2.50) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 2.54 (1.00) 35.56 (14.00) 13.97 (5.50) 52.07 (20.50)

Minimum 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00)

Max 24 Hr N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Source: (WRCC, 2006)

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-10 Revision 12a Table 4. Andrews, TX Wind Data (1985-1989)

WIND DIRECTION AND WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTION*

WIND DIRECTION** 1 - 3 MPH***

4 - 7 MPH 8 - 12 MPH 13 - 18 MPH 19 - 24 MPH

> 24 MPH TOTAL N

0.46 1.69 1.72 1.39 0.50 0.11 5.87 NNE 0.24 0.76 1.29 1.21 0.43 0.12 4.05 NE 0.24 0.72 1.57 1.60 0.55 0.17 4.86 ENE 0.20 0.87 1.71 1.79 0.33 0.06 4.96 E

0.30 1.45 2.79 1.72 0.19 0.03 6.48 ESE 0.30 1.43 2.57 1.15 0.10 0.02 5.56 SE 0.45 2.23 2.88 1.68 0.18 0.02 7.45 SSE 0.63 2.82 3.75 3.19 0.63 0.08 11.10 S

0.91 4.00 6.43 7.29 1.45 0.11 20.19 SSW 0.40 1.77 2.96 1.92 0.21 0.01 7.26 SW 0.26 0.98 2.16 1.50 0.22 0.04 5.17 WSW 0.23 0.83 1.53 1.44 0.42 0.15 4.59 W

0.32 0.77 1.42 1.21 0.42 0.22 4.35 WNW 0.29 0.62 0.65 0.53 0.14 0.07 2.30 NW 0.34 0.88 0.85 0.47 0.12 0.07 2.72 NNW 0.33 1.17 0.84 0.56 0.17 0.04 3.11 SubTotal 5.88 22.98 35.12 28.64 6.05 1.34 100

• average of 5 years of data (1985-1989) available from TNRCC (TCEQ)

• • wind is from the indicated direction

• • • calms are included in this data range (winds are calm a total of 2.46 percent of the time)

Source: Environmental Analysis for Class C Radioactive Waste Processing and Storage Facility, Table 2.1-3 Table 5. Andrews, TX Stability Table (1985-1989)

STABILITY CLASS FREQUENCY

(% OF TOTAL OCCURRENCE)

A 0.50 B

4.12 C

12.38 D

49.36 E

17.89 F

15.74 Note: Average of 5 years of data (1985-1989) available from TNRCC (TCEQ)

Source: Environmental Analysis for Class C Radioactive Waste Processing and Storage Facility, Table 2.1-4

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-11 Revision 12a Table 6. Hobbs, NM Period of Record Temperature Data (1914-2006)

MONTH MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MAX.

TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MIN.

TEMPERATURE HIGHEST DAILY MAX.

TEMPERATURE LOWEST DAILY MIN.

TEMPERATURE OC (OF)

OC (OF)

OC (OF)

OC (OF)

OC (OF)

January 5.7 (42.2) 13.6 (56.5)

-2.3 (27.9) 28.3 (83.0)

-21.7

(-7.0)

February 8.3 (47.0) 16.7 (62.0) 0.0 (32.0) 30.6 (87.0)

-18.9

(-2.0)

March 11.8 (53.2) 20.5 (68.9) 3.0 (37.4) 35.0 (95.0)

-17.2 (1.0)

April 16.7 (62.0) 25.4 (77.8) 7.9 (46.2) 36.7 (98.0)

-7.8 (18.0)

May 21.3 (70.4) 29.7 (85.5) 12.9 (55.3) 41.7 (107.0) 1.1 (34.0)

June 25.6 (78.1) 33.8 (92.9) 17.4 (63.4) 45.6 (114.0) 4.4 (40.0)

July 26.8 (80.2) 34.3 (93.8) 19.2 (66.6) 43.3 (110.0) 10.0 (50.0)

August 26.0 (78.8) 33.4 (92.1) 18.7 (65.6) 41.7 (107.0) 8.3 (47.0)

September 22.6 (72.7) 29.9 (85.9) 15.2 (59.4) 40.6 (105.0) 1.1 (34.0)

October 17.1 (62.8) 25.1 (77.1) 9.2 (48.5) 36.7 (98.0)

-11.1 (12.0)

November 10.6 (51.0) 18.4 (65.2) 2.7 (36.8) 31.1 (88.0)

-15.6 (4.0)

December 6.6 (43.9) 14.4 (58.0)

-1.4 (29.5) 28.9 (84.0)

-18.3

(-1.0)

Annual 16.6 (61.9) 24.6 (76.3) 8.6 (47.4) 45.6 (114.0)

-21.7

(-7.0)

Source: (WRCC, 2006)

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE NEAR-SURFACE LAND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE Appendix 2.3.1: Meteorological and Climatology Data March 16, 2007 2.3.1-12 Revision 12a Table 7. Hobbs, NM Period of Record Precipitation Data (1914-2006)

PRECIPITATION CM (INCHES) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 1.14 (0.45) 1.14 (0.45) 1.40 (0.55) 2.03 (0.80) 5.21 (2.05) 4.78 (1.88) 5.36 (2.11) 6.02 (2.37) 6.60 (2.60) 4.04 (1.59) 1.47 (0.58) 1.42 (0.56) 40.59 (15.98)

Maximum 7.52 (2.96) 6.20 (2.44) 7.57 (2.98) 13.13 (5.17) 35.13 (13.83) 23.62 (9.30) 23.90 (9.41) 23.29 (9.17) 32.99 (12.99) 20.70 (8.15) 11.00 (4.33) 12.90 (5.08) 81.76 (32.19)

Minimum 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.10 (0.04) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 13.41 (5.28)

Max 24 Hr 3.07 (1.21) 3.53 (1.39) 5.08 (2.00) 4.75 (1.87) 13.21 (5.20) 11.23 (4.42) 11.35 (4.47) 11.30 (4.45) 19.05 (7.50) 14.22 (5.60) 9.65 (3.80) 4.72 (1.86) 19.05 (7.50)

Source: (WRCC, 2006)

Table 8. Hobbs, NM Period of Record Snow Data (1914-2006)

SNOW CM (INCHES) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 3.53 (1.39) 2.95 (1.16) 1.47 (0.58) 0.56 (0.22) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.28 (0.11) 1.63 (0.64) 2.49 (0.98) 12.90 (5.08)

Maximum 31.75 (12.50) 36.32 (14.30) 25.40 (10.00) 22.86 (9.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 11.43 (4.50) 41.91 (16.50) 24.13 (9.50) 68.83 (27.10)

Minimum 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00)

Max 24 Hr N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Source: (WRCC, 2006)

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Table 10. Jal, NM Period of Record Temperature Data (1919-2006)

MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MAX.

TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MIN.

TEMPERATURE HIGHEST DAILY MAX.

TEMPERATURE LOWEST DAILY MIN.

TEMPERATURE MONTH OC (OF)

OC (OF)

OC (OF)

OC (OF)

OC (OF)

January 6.7 (44.0) 15.5 (59.9)

-2.2 (28.1) 29.4 (85.0)

-23.9

(-11.0)

February 9.4 (49.0) 18.6 (65.4) 0.4 (32.7) 31.7 (89.0)

-22.2

(-8.0)

March 13.2 (55.8) 22.7 (72.8) 3.8 (38.8) 36.7 (98.0)

-17.8 (0.0)

April 18.1 (64.6) 27.5 (81.5) 8.7 (47.7) 38.9 (102.0)

-5.6 (22.0)

May 22.8 (73.0) 31.7 (89.0) 13.8 (56.8) 41.7 (107.0)

-2.2 (28.0)

June 26.8 (80.3) 35.2 (95.4) 18.4 (65.2) 44.4 (112.0) 4.4 (40.0)

July 27.9 (82.2) 35.8 (96.5) 20.0 (68.0) 44.4 (112.0) 10.0 (50.0)

August 27.1 (80.8) 34.9 (94.8) 19.3 (66.7) 43.3 (110.0) 10.0 (50.0)

September 23.6 (74.5) 31.5 (88.7) 15.7 (60.3) 42.2 (108.0) 2.8 (37.0)

October 18.1 (64.6) 26.8 (80.3) 9.4 (49.0) 37.8 (100.0)

-6.7 (20.0)

November 11.5 (52.7) 20.2 (68.4) 2.7 (36.8) 31.7 (89.0)

-13.3 (8.0)

December 7.3 (45.2) 16.2 (61.1)

-1.5 (29.3) 28.9 (84.0)

-19.4

(-3.0)

Annual 17.7 (63.9) 26.4 (79.5) 9.1 (48.3) 44.4 (112.0)

-23.9

(-11.0)

Source: (WRCC, 2006)

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PRECIPITATION CM (INCHES) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 1.04 (0.41) 1.27 (0.50) 1.02 (0.40) 1.45 (0.57) 3.61 (1.42) 3.48 (1.37) 4.34 (1.71) 4.70 (1.85) 4.88 (1.92) 3.48 (1.37) 1.24 (0.49) 1.22 (0.48) 31.72 (12.49)

Maximum 8.38 (3.30) 6.91 (2.72) 4.47 (1.76) 8.00 (3.15) 20.35 (8.01) 14.88 (5.86) 17.35 (6.83) 21.16 (8.33) 19.41 (7.64) 17.53 (6.90) 10.36 (4.08) 11.05 (4.35) 63.55 (25.02)

Minimum 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 6.22 (2.45)

Max 24 Hr 2.41 (0.95) 4.45 (1.75) 3.05 (1.20) 5.59 (2.20) 8.81 (3.47) 5.97 (2.35) 7.09 (2.79) 10.13 (3.99) 10.16 (4.00) 14.33 (5.64) 5.99 (2.36) 5.74 (2.26) 14.33 (5.64)

Source: (WRCC, 2006)

Table 12. Jal, NM Period of Record Snow Data (1919-2006)

SNOW CM (INCHES) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 3.10 (1.22) 1.80 (0.71) 0.74 (0.29) 0.03 (0.01) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.08 (0.03) 1.37 (0.54) 1.85 (0.73) 8.97 (3.53)

Maximum 21.84 (8.60) 17.53 (6.90) 13.97 (5.50) 1.27 (0.50) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 2.54 (1.00) 40.64 (16.00) 20.32 (8.00) 41.91 (16.50)

Minimum 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00)

Max 24 Hr N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Source: (WRCC, 2006)

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MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MAX.

TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MIN.

TEMPERATURE HIGHEST DAILY MAX.

TEMPERATURE LOWEST DAILY MIN.

TEMPERATURE MONTH

°C

(°F)

°C

(°F)

°C

(°F)

°C

(°F)

°C

(°F)

January 6.5 (43.7) 14.1 (57.3)

-1.1 (30.1) 28.9 (84.0)

-22.2

(-8.0)

February 8.9 (48.1) 16.7 (62.0) 1.2 (34.1) 32.2 (90.0)

-23.9

(-11.0)

March 12.9 (55.2) 21.0 (69.8) 4.8 (40.6) 35.0 (95.0)

-12.8 (9.0)

April 17.9 (64.2) 26.0 (78.8) 9.7 (49.5) 38.3 (101.0)

-6.7 (20.0)

May 22.7 (72.9) 30.4 (86.7) 15.1 (59.1) 42.2 (108.0) 1.1 (34.0)

June 26.7 (80.0) 33.9 (93.0) 19.4 (66.9) 46.7 (116.0) 8.3 (47.0)

July 27.7 (81.9) 34.7 (94.5) 20.8 (69.4) 44.4 (112.0) 11.7 (53.0)

August 27.2 (80.9) 34.1 (93.3) 20.3 (68.5) 41.7 (107.0) 12.2 (54.0)

September 23.6 (74.4) 30.3 (86.6) 16.7 (62.1) 41.7 (107.0) 2.2 (36.0)

October 18.2 (64.7) 25.3 (77.6) 10.9 (51.7) 37.8 (100.0)

-4.4 (24.0)

November 11.4 (52.5) 18.8 (65.9) 3.9 (39.1) 32.2 (90.0)

-10.6 (13.0)

December 7.3 (45.2) 14.9 (58.8)

-0.2 (31.7) 29.4 (85.0)

-18.3

(-1.0)

Annual 17.6 (63.6) 25.0 (77.0) 10.1 (50.2) 46.7 (116.0)

-23.9

(-11.0)

Source: (WRCC, 2006)

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PRECIPITATION CM (INCHES) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 1.35 (0.53) 1.63 (0.64) 1.32 (0.52) 1.83 (0.72) 4.85 (1.91) 3.96 (1.56) 4.45 (1.75) 4.14 (1.63) 4.95 (1.95) 4.11 (1.62) 1.68 (0.66) 1.27 (0.50) 35.56 (14.00)

Maximum 9.30 (3.66) 6.48 (2.55) 7.26 (2.86) 6.20 (2.44) 19.38 (7.63) 10.06 (3.96) 21.59 (8.50) 11.25 (4.43) 24.64 (9.70) 18.92 (7.45) 13.77 (5.42) 8.38 (3.30) 81.61 (32.13)

Minimum 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.05 (0.02) 0.03 (0.01) 0.00 (0.00) 0.13 (0.05) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 11.68 (4.60)

Max 24 Hr 2.84 (1.12) 3.10 (1.22) 5.49 (2.16) 4.11 (1.62) 12.07 (4.75) 7.80 (3.07) 10.41 (4.10) 6.12 (2.41) 8.36 (3.29) 9.12 (3.59) 4.50 (1.77) 3.15 (1.24) 12.07 (4.75)

Source: (WRCC, 2006)

Table 15. Midland, TX Period of Record Snow Data (1948-2006)

SNOW CM (INCHES) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 4.04 (1.59) 1.93 (0.76) 0.84 (0.33) 0.13 (0.05) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.03 (0.01) 0.94 (0.37) 2.44 (0.96) 10.34 (4.07)

Maximum 22.86 (9.00) 9.91 (3.90) 14.99 (5.90) 5.08 (2.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 1.52 (0.60) 18.29 (7.20) 24.89 (9.80) 30.73 (12.10)

Max 24 Hr 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00)

Source: (WRCC, 2006)

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MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MAX.

TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MIN.

TEMPERATURE HIGHEST DAILY MAX.

TEMPERATURE LOWEST DAILY MIN.

TEMPERATURE MONTH OC

(

OF)

OC

(

OF)

OC

(

OF)

OC

(

OF)

OC

(

OF)

January 7.6 (45.7) 14.5 (58.1) 0.6 (33.1) 28.3 (83.0)

-17.8 (0.0)

February 8.9 (48.0) 15.8 (60.4) 1.9 (35.5) 28.9 (84.0)

-18.3

(-1.0)

March 13.0 (55.4) 20.4 (68.7) 5.6 (42.0) 31.1 (88.0)

-13.3 (8.0)

April 18.6 (65.5) 26.6 (79.8) 10.6 (51.1) 35.6 (96.0)

-5.0 (23.0)

May 24.0 (75.2) 31.7 (89.0) 16.3 (61.4) 42.2 (108.0) 0.6 (33.0)

June 27.2 (81.0) 33.9 (93.1) 20.4 (68.7) 40.6 (105.0) 5.0 (41.0)

July 28.5 (83.3) 35.2 (95.3) 21.8 (71.3) 41.1 (106.0) 13.9 (57.0)

August 27.8 (82.0) 34.3 (93.8) 21.2 (70.1) 41.1 (106.0) 12.2 (54.0)

September 24.3 (75.8) 31.1 (88.0) 17.5 (63.5) 40.0 (104.0) 3.3 (38.0)

October 18.2 (64.8) 24.3 (75.7) 12.1 (53.8) 38.3 (101.0)

-5.6 (22.0)

November 11.1 (51.9) 17.5 (63.5) 4.6 (40.3) 30.6 (87.0)

-11.7 (11.0)

December 6.7 (44.1) 13.9 (57.1)

-0.5 (31.1) 28.3 (83.0)

-17.2 (1.0)

Annual 18.0 (64.4) 24.9 (76.9) 11.0 (51.8) 42.2 (108.0)

-18.3

(-1.0)

Source: (NOAA, 2006)

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PRECIPITATION CM (INCHES) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 1.14 (0.45) 2.26 (0.89) 1.85 (0.73) 1.04 (0.41) 3.07 (1.21) 3.48 (1.37) 2.79 (1.10) 3.78 (1.49) 3.15 (1.24) 5.54 (2.18) 3.56 (1.40) 0.71 (0.28) 32.36 (12.74)

Maximum 1.75 (0.69) 3.84 (1.51) 3.38 (1.33) 4.78 (1.88) 7.98 (3.14) 7.98 (3.14) 6.40 (2.52) 8.74 (3.44) 13.49 (5.31) 9.50 (3.74) 13.77 (5.42) 2.67 (1.05) 57.02 (22.45)

Minimum 0.20 (0.08) 0.00 (0.00) 0.43 (0.17) 0.00 (0.00) 0.25 (0.10) 0.03 (0.01) 0.00 (0.00) 0.15 (0.06) 0.00 (0.00) 0.08 (0.03) 0.03 (0.01) 0.00 (0.00) 23.75 (9.35)

Max 24 Hr 0.89 (0.35) 1.57 (0.62) 1.80 (0.71) 3.38 (1.33) 4.72 (1.86) 2.67 (1.05) 4.04 (1.59) 5.74 (2.26) 3.15 (1.24) 2.95 (1.16) 3.94 (1.55) 2.13 (0.84) 5.74 (2.26)

Source: (NOAA, 2006)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.002352 0.011441 0.012083 0.010372 0.003529 0.001390 0.041168 NNE 0.002352 0.008234 0.010158 0.013045 0.004812 0.000962 0.039564 NE 0.001604 0.005881 0.013794 0.017216 0.006737 0.001390 0.046621 ENE 0.001711 0.008982 0.015719 0.018392 0.005346 0.000535 0.050684 E

0.001604 0.010051 0.018071 0.012725 0.002459 0.000214 0.045124 ESE 0.002139 0.011976 0.017964 0.012725 0.002673 0.000428 0.047904 SE 0.004812 0.018499 0.025663 0.020958 0.004812 0.001925 0.076668 SSE 0.003101 0.028336 0.040740 0.039991 0.012404 0.003956 0.128529 S

0.002887 0.022883 0.053144 0.063195 0.013901 0.001604 0.157613 SSW 0.001818 0.015932 0.037639 0.028122 0.003315 0.000214 0.087040 SW 0.002139 0.014542 0.028978 0.013259 0.001925 0.000535 0.061377 WSW 0.001925 0.008661 0.013580 0.013473 0.004919 0.002139 0.044696 W

0.001604 0.006630 0.008768 0.009196 0.005133 0.003529 0.034859 WNW 0.002139 0.007699 0.007592 0.007378 0.001497 0.001283 0.027588 NW 0.001497 0.007378 0.011441 0.005453 0.001176 0.001069 0.028015 NNW 0.002566 0.009089 0.009303 0.008340 0.004384 0.002780 0.036463 Total 0.036249 0.196215 0.324636 0.293841 0.079021 0.023952 Frequency of Calm Winds: 4.61%

Average Wind Speed: 10.15 Knots Source: (NOAA, 2004)

Table 19. Midland, TX Wind Data (2000)

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.002100 0.009494 0.013968 0.008855 0.002739 0.001461 0.038616 NNE 0.001552 0.009951 0.012781 0.016250 0.005112 0.002282 0.047928 NE 0.001278 0.007029 0.013968 0.019810 0.007029 0.002921 0.052036 ENE 0.001278 0.006208 0.023827 0.020267 0.005204 0.000639 0.057422 E

0.001369 0.011137 0.024192 0.012598 0.001643 0.000822 0.051762 ESE 0.001187 0.013968 0.017710 0.009220 0.001187 0.000548 0.043820 SE 0.002556 0.021727 0.029487 0.024283 0.003834 0.000822 0.082710 SSE 0.002465 0.024557 0.047563 0.056053 0.014241 0.002100 0.146978 S

0.001917 0.016067 0.049023 0.071207 0.015246 0.003834 0.157294 SSW 0.001917 0.016706 0.034873 0.031313 0.003469 0.000365 0.088643 SW 0.002282 0.014241 0.020449 0.011959 0.001004 0.000183 0.050119 WSW 0.001735 0.009312 0.012142 0.010316 0.002647 0.001826 0.037977 W

0.001461 0.007395 0.010590 0.012142 0.005934 0.005386 0.042907 WNW 0.001095 0.005204 0.006025 0.005204 0.002556 0.001735 0.021819 NW 0.001187 0.005934 0.006664 0.004382 0.001187 0.000274 0.019628 NNW 0.000913 0.005843 0.007395 0.004656 0.001278 0.000091 0.020175 Total 0.026292 0.184773 0.330655 0.318514 0.074311 0.025288 Frequency of Calm Winds: 4.02%

Average Wind Speed: 10.36 Knots Source: (NOAA, 2004)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.002898 0.011311 0.009067 0.005141 0.001309 0.000841 0.030566 NNE 0.002056 0.009534 0.011124 0.009628 0.004206 0.001776 0.038325 NE 0.002150 0.007665 0.010376 0.018415 0.005982 0.002150 0.046738 ENE 0.001122 0.008506 0.014395 0.015050 0.003178 0.000561 0.042812 E

0.002243 0.014115 0.023930 0.015984 0.002337 0.000280 0.058890 ESE 0.003459 0.018321 0.025425 0.016826 0.001215 0.000654 0.065900 SE 0.003178 0.023930 0.039914 0.031221 0.005422 0.000280 0.103945 SSE 0.003646 0.030566 0.053842 0.057581 0.011404 0.003178 0.160217 S

0.002617 0.019069 0.050757 0.067396 0.013460 0.001963 0.155263 SSW 0.001870 0.016732 0.032156 0.022715 0.001963 0.000280 0.075715 SW 0.003178 0.012245 0.019630 0.013274 0.000748 0.000093 0.049168 WSW 0.001402 0.009815 0.012245 0.012713 0.004206 0.001028 0.041410 W

0.001402 0.007945 0.009254 0.009908 0.005609 0.003646 0.037764 WNW 0.001402 0.007198 0.006824 0.003739 0.001402 0.000467 0.021032 NW 0.003365 0.008132 0.006169 0.003646 0.001215 0.000000 0.022528 NNW 0.001496 0.008974 0.007758 0.003926 0.001122 0.000467 0.023743 Total 0.037484 0.214059 0.332866 0.307160 0.064778 0.017667 Frequency of Calm Winds: 2.60%

Average Wind Speed: 9.86 Knots Source: (NOAA, 2004)

Table 21. Midland, TX Wind Data (2002)

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.002551 0.008534 0.014911 0.008927 0.002452 0.000883 0.038258 NNE 0.002158 0.006867 0.011674 0.014518 0.004414 0.003630 0.043261 NE 0.001864 0.009123 0.015990 0.018737 0.007259 0.002747 0.055719 ENE 0.001570 0.007063 0.021581 0.015597 0.003531 0.000589 0.049931 E

0.002354 0.011379 0.027663 0.013341 0.001079 0.000294 0.056111 ESE 0.001471 0.014224 0.028840 0.018344 0.000785 0.000000 0.063665 SE 0.002158 0.017265 0.033843 0.026879 0.004316 0.000490 0.084952 SSE 0.003041 0.021679 0.038748 0.049147 0.012556 0.002943 0.128115 S

0.003041 0.017756 0.050226 0.067098 0.012851 0.000785 0.151756 SSW 0.001668 0.015107 0.034040 0.031685 0.002943 0.000098 0.085541 SW 0.003041 0.016676 0.023641 0.014420 0.002158 0.000000 0.059937 WSW 0.003139 0.012655 0.013047 0.010202 0.003531 0.001766 0.044340 W

0.003041 0.011477 0.007455 0.006867 0.003728 0.002452 0.035021 WNW 0.002649 0.004512 0.005690 0.004709 0.001373 0.000196 0.019129 NW 0.002060 0.008240 0.007750 0.005297 0.001275 0.000196 0.024819 NNW 0.001471 0.007357 0.008142 0.007259 0.002158 0.000785 0.027173 Total 0.037277 0.189916 0.343241 0.313027 0.066412 0.017854 Frequency of Calm Winds: 3.23%

Average Wind Speed:10.00 Knots Source: (NOAA, 2004)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.001680 0.009985 0.010825 0.009052 0.001960 0.000933 0.034434 NNE 0.001306 0.008212 0.014838 0.010452 0.004479 0.001680 0.040967 NE 0.001773 0.009052 0.018384 0.017077 0.008492 0.001027 0.055804 ENE 0.001027 0.012598 0.026876 0.016424 0.003546 0.000653 0.061124 E

0.001773 0.017077 0.024449 0.010918 0.001680 0.000560 0.056458 ESE 0.002053 0.015398 0.022116 0.012598 0.001960 0.000840 0.054965 SE 0.002053 0.018570 0.030702 0.021183 0.004199 0.000467 0.077174 SSE 0.002986 0.022583 0.042087 0.047032 0.008492 0.000840 0.124020 S

0.001680 0.019130 0.051232 0.055898 0.007186 0.001866 0.136991 SSW 0.001866 0.019970 0.041900 0.025196 0.002240 0.000373 0.091545 SW 0.002800 0.012785 0.027996 0.014838 0.001866 0.000280 0.060564 WSW 0.002800 0.012505 0.013811 0.011758 0.005412 0.001493 0.047779 W

0.001773 0.010825 0.011665 0.014091 0.006906 0.005039 0.050299 WNW 0.001400 0.007559 0.006906 0.004853 0.002146 0.002240 0.025103 NW 0.002240 0.006626 0.005692 0.004479 0.001960 0.001120 0.022116 NNW 0.001213 0.006066 0.005226 0.004386 0.001493 0.001213 0.019597 Total 0.030422 0.208940 0.354703 0.280235 0.064016 0.020623 Frequency of Calm Winds: 4.11%

Average Wind Speed:9.86 Knots Source: (NOAA, 2004)

Table 23. Midland, TX Wind Data (1999-2003)

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.002312 0.010132 0.012155 0.008418 0.002369 0.001098 0.036483 NNE 0.001868 0.008591 0.012174 0.012771 0.004604 0.002080 0.042089 NE 0.001734 0.007782 0.014505 0.018280 0.007108 0.002061 0.051470 ENE 0.001329 0.008668 0.020611 0.017144 0.004141 0.000597 0.052491 E

0.001868 0.012829 0.023770 0.013118 0.001830 0.000443 0.053858 ESE 0.002061 0.014851 0.022441 0.013908 0.001541 0.000501 0.055303 SE 0.002909 0.020072 0.032053 0.024984 0.004507 0.000771 0.085295 SSE 0.003043 0.025504 0.044766 0.050256 0.011808 0.002562 0.137940 S

0.002408 0.018877 0.050815 0.065011 0.012501 0.002042 0.151655 SSW 0.001830 0.016932 0.036098 0.027777 0.002774 0.000270 0.085680 SW 0.002697 0.014062 0.024001 0.013542 0.001522 0.000212 0.056035 WSW 0.002196 0.010614 0.012944 0.011654 0.004122 0.001637 0.043168 W

0.001849 0.008880 0.009593 0.010517 0.005490 0.004045 0.040374 WNW 0.001714 0.006414 0.006588 0.005124 0.001811 0.001194 0.022845 NW 0.002080 0.007243 0.007435 0.004623 0.001368 0.000520 0.023269 NNW 0.001502 0.007416 0.007512 0.005625 0.002023 0.001021 0.025099 Total 0.033401 0.198867 0.337462 0.302751 0.069519 0.021054 Frequency of Calm Winds: 3.69%

Average Wind Speed:10.04 Knots Source: (NOAA, 2004)

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STABILITY 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999-2003 A

0.2%

0.6%

0.9%

0.4%

0.3%

0.48%

B 13.7%

12.2%

12.1%

12.3%

12.5%

12.53%

C 19.9%

19.4%

19.2%

19.0%

18.7%

19.24%

D 46.1%

42.4%

42.1%

43.2%

41.7%

43.02%

E 12.9%

15.4%

16.0%

16.3%

16.6%

15.51%

F 7.1%

10.1%

9.7%

8.8%

10.1%

9.22%

Source: (NOAA, 2004)

Table 25. WCS Lower Six-Year Temperature Data (2000-2005)

MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MEAN DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE HIGHEST DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE LOWEST DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE MONTH OC

(

OF)

OC

(

OF)

OC

(

OF)

OC

(

OF)

OC

(

OF)

January 6.4 (43.5) 22.3 (72.1)

-5.7 (21.7) 27.6 (81.6)

-11.3 (11.7)

February 8.0 (46.4) 24.0 (75.2)

-4.7 (23.5) 28.8 (83.8)

-11.4 (11.4)

March 12.1 (53.8) 26.9 (80.4)

-1.7 (28.9) 32.0 (89.6)

-11.3 (11.6)

April 17.8 (64.1) 31.9 (89.4) 4.7 (40.5) 36.3 (97.4)

-0.6 (30.9)

May 22.7 (72.8) 36.7 (98.0) 9.9 (49.9) 40.8 (105.4) 3.8 (38.9)

June 25.3 (77.6) 38.7 (101.6) 10.2 (50.4) 41.9 (107.4)

-2.7 (27.1)

July 27.8 (82.0) 39.1 (102.3) 18.1 (64.6) 42.1 (107.7) 15.4 (59.7)

August 26.8 (80.2) 38.5 (101.4) 17.4 (63.2) 42.2 (107.9) 14.8 (58.7)

September 23.6 (74.4) 36.5 (97.8) 13.0 (55.5) 40.9 (105.6) 2.6 (36.6)

October 17.3 (63.1) 30.5 (86.9) 6.0 (42.7) 38.6 (101.5)

-0.7 (30.7)

November 9.8 (49.7) 24.5 (76.2)

-2.4 (27.6) 29.8 (85.7)

-10.3 (13.5)

December 5.7 (42.2) 21.2 (70.1)

-7.2 (19.0) 26.4 (79.6)

-15.7 (3.7)

Annual 16.8 (62.2) 30.9 (87.6) 4.8 (40.6) 42.2 (107.9)

-15.7 (3.7)

Source: (WCS, 2005)

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PRECIPITATION CM (INCHES) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL 1.28 2.62 3.53 2.46 1.63 3.96 3.66 4.29 6.31 6.21 3.38 0.75 40.08 Average (0.51)

(1.03)

(1.39)

(0.97)

(0.64)

(1.56)

(1.44)

(1.69)

(2.48)

(2.45)

(1.33)

(0.29)

(15.78) 2.13 7.21 7.75 10.39 5.79 10.13 3.96 7.70 22.38 12.27 11.35 1.93 76.28 Maximum (0.84)

(2.84)

(3.05)

(4.09)

(2.28)

(3.99)

(1.56)

(3.03)

(8.81)

(4.83)

(4.47)

(0.76)

(30.03) 0.76 0.18 0.61 0.30 0.25 0.33 3.15 0.53 1.73 0.23 0.25 0.15 12.83 Minimum (0.30)

(0.07)

(0.24)

(0.12)

(0.10)

(0.13)

(1.24)

(0.21)

(0.68)

(0.09)

(0.10)

(0.06)

(5.05) 1.55 3.78 4.45 5.31 3.18 4.95 3.30 7.11 11.30 4.80 3.78 1.32 11.30 Max 24 Hr (0.61)

(1.49)

(1.75)

(2.09)

(1.25)

(1.95)

(1.30)

(2.80)

(4.45)

(1.89)

(1.49)

(0.52)

(4.45)

Source: (WCS, 2005)

Table 26A. WCS Six-Year Precipitation Duration (2000-2005)

DURATION MINUTES JAN.

FEB.

MAR.

APR.

MAY JUNE JULY AUG.

SEPT.

OCT.

NOV.

DEC.

ANNUAL Average 21 36 33 31 43 50 41 41 55 46 36 22 36 Maximum 135 525 210 300 240 240 210 240 315 345 180 255 525 Minimum 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 EVENT INTENSITY CM/EVENT (INCHES/EVENT) 0.06 0.12 0.18 0.23 0.21 0.50 0.66 0.41 0.61 0.36 0.15 0.07 0.19 Average (0.02)

(0.05)

(0.07)

(0.09)

(0.08)

(0.20)

(0.26)

(0.16)

(0.24)

(0.14)

(0.06)

(0.03)

(0.07) 0.94 3.20 3.96 3.99 1.45 4.78 3.15 7.09 4.67 4.80 2.36 0.84 7.09 Maximum (0.37)

(1.26)

(1.56)

(1.57)

(0.57)

(1.88)

(1.24)

(2.79)

(1.84)

(1.89)

(0.93)

(0.33)

(2.79) 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 Minium (0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

OCCURRENCES

1. OF EVENTS Average 26 22 20 11 8

8 10 11 13 17 22 16 163 Maximum 67 38 44 27 17 22 26 22 27 25 63 25 342 Minimum 5

2 9

2 3

2 3

2 7

4 1

4 80 Source: (WCS, 2005)

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RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 62.81 59.49 56.67 49.81 51.44 56.20 56.03 59.52 61.13 70.28 68.73 59.92 59.10 00 LST 74.83 70.68 70.59 67.32 70.28 75.68 72.64 75.06 76.71 84.46 82.19 72.30 74.14 06 LST 71.42 69.41 67.22 58.84 61.66 64.13 65.91 67.64 70.30 77.78 74.66 66.87 67.78 12 LST 44.82 42.61 38.07 29.59 30.59 36.00 36.96 39.86 41.05 49.43 48.72 40.50 39.66 18 LST 60.04 55.27 50.82 43.49 43.15 49.00 48.59 55.29 56.46 69.44 69.33 60.00 54.79 Source: (WCS, 2005)

Table 28. WCS Upper Six-Year Humidity Data (2000-2005)

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER ANNUAL Average 59.96 55.79 54.51 47.93 50.28 55.73 54.61 57.82 55.97 64.83 62.23 53.74 55.98 00 LST 70.00 66.44 66.32 62.88 66.44 72.25 68.35 70.77 68.39 76.82 73.61 63.29 68.63 06 LST 68.69 61.92 65.45 57.67 61.38 65.74 65.19 66.89 65.50 72.83 69.01 60.87 64.99 12 LST 45.34 42.98 38.64 30.29 32.00 37.67 38.38 40.91 39.57 47.38 45.64 38.44 39.66 18 LST 55.72 51.82 47.64 40.90 41.24 47.27 56.52 52.51 50.43 62.28 60.62 52.36 50.58 Source: (WCS, 2005)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.006450 0.011439 0.009002 0.002695 0.000430 0.000000 0.030015 NNE 0.004587 0.014449 0.016627 0.009346 0.000430 0.000000 0.045439 NE 0.009546 0.024683 0.018061 0.004673 0.000029 0.000000 0.056992 ENE 0.018806 0.024769 0.020555 0.006794 0.000057 0.000000 0.070982 E

0.021157 0.024913 0.018892 0.002379 0.000000 0.000000 0.067341 ESE 0.021415 0.026862 0.011324 0.000631 0.000000 0.000000 0.060232 SE 0.024282 0.037641 0.021816 0.001319 0.000000 0.000000 0.085058 SSE 0.015710 0.046127 0.053925 0.005103 0.000000 0.000000 0.120865 S

0.012872 0.040766 0.047388 0.002551 0.000029 0.000000 0.103606 SSW 0.010407 0.028209 0.030015 0.002064 0.000029 0.000000 0.070724 SW 0.010607 0.021530 0.017946 0.004358 0.000057 0.000000 0.054498 WSW 0.009116 0.010349 0.010378 0.008285 0.001233 0.000201 0.039562 W

0.009116 0.006938 0.009747 0.008228 0.002379 0.000229 0.036638 WNW 0.009632 0.007998 0.007798 0.003526 0.000946 0.000029 0.029929 NW 0.013503 0.011381 0.008400 0.003612 0.000258 0.000000 0.037154 NNW 0.010235 0.009116 0.005705 0.002064 0.000143 0.000000 0.027263 Total 0.207442 0.347170 0.307580 0.067628 0.006020 0.000459 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 6.60%

Average Wind Speed: 6.06 Knots Source: (WCS, 2004)

Table 30. WCS Lower Wind Data (2001)

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.007078 0.011615 0.008134 0.002026 0.000086 0.000000 0.028938 NNE 0.006707 0.016267 0.015468 0.005451 0.000228 0.000029 0.044150 NE 0.012557 0.024743 0.013841 0.003539 0.000057 0.000000 0.054737 ENE 0.019892 0.026398 0.015953 0.003881 0.000542 0.000000 0.066667 E

0.019549 0.025999 0.021318 0.003710 0.000000 0.000000 0.070576 ESE 0.018037 0.031992 0.014412 0.002369 0.000057 0.000000 0.066866 SE 0.021062 0.042666 0.025171 0.001484 0.000000 0.000000 0.090382 SSE 0.018807 0.048716 0.038242 0.004880 0.000029 0.000000 0.110674 S

0.015439 0.042951 0.040953 0.004309 0.000228 0.000000 0.103881 SSW 0.013128 0.027711 0.021946 0.001998 0.000029 0.000086 0.064897 SW 0.009389 0.019635 0.015811 0.003796 0.000029 0.000000 0.048659 WSW 0.007677 0.011558 0.011358 0.006621 0.000171 0.000029 0.037414 W

0.008333 0.006992 0.012015 0.008248 0.002055 0.000599 0.038242 WNW 0.009618 0.007677 0.007734 0.003082 0.000371 0.000086 0.028567 NW 0.012300 0.011929 0.005993 0.001769 0.000114 0.000000 0.032106 NNW 0.010360 0.009989 0.003567 0.001855 0.000200 0.000000 0.025970 Total 0.209932 0.366838 0.271918 0.059018 0.004195 0.000828 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 8.90%

Average Wind Speed: 5.83 Knots Source: (WCS, 2004)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.006507 0.007714 0.010170 0.006766 0.000431 0.000000 0.031588 NNE 0.005042 0.014393 0.020728 0.009696 0.001207 0.000000 0.051067 NE 0.008877 0.018660 0.013402 0.006723 0.000172 0.000000 0.047835 ENE 0.016677 0.023917 0.014911 0.006162 0.000129 0.000000 0.061797 E

0.015342 0.024305 0.014221 0.001077 0.000215 0.000000 0.055161 ESE 0.013833 0.039173 0.014135 0.000905 0.000000 0.000000 0.068046 SE 0.017410 0.039560 0.021030 0.001939 0.000086 0.000000 0.080026 SSE 0.018229 0.055333 0.051928 0.004913 0.000000 0.000000 0.130403 S

0.019651 0.054945 0.058393 0.000991 0.000000 0.000000 0.133980 SSW 0.015729 0.034303 0.032622 0.003103 0.000000 0.000000 0.085757 SW 0.013144 0.016591 0.019608 0.009007 0.000043 0.000000 0.058393 WSW 0.009308 0.007455 0.010558 0.008317 0.000690 0.000000 0.036328 W

0.008016 0.007800 0.010774 0.005818 0.000215 0.000000 0.032622 WNW 0.008920 0.005430 0.004180 0.001767 0.000474 0.000043 0.020814 NW 0.013402 0.006206 0.004999 0.000991 0.000431 0.000086 0.026115 NNW 0.011592 0.005732 0.003534 0.004008 0.000646 0.000000 0.025512 Total 0.201681 0.361517 0.305193 0.072183 0.004740 0.000129 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 5.50%

Average Wind Speed: 6.04 Knots Source: (WCS, 2004)

Table 32. WCS Lower Wind Data (2003)

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.005508 0.007363 0.006421 0.004595 0.000428 0.000143 0.024458 NNE 0.003168 0.013984 0.015953 0.008105 0.000542 0.000000 0.041752 NE 0.008076 0.019463 0.017123 0.006621 0.000143 0.000000 0.051427 ENE 0.016124 0.026370 0.030565 0.006450 0.000057 0.000000 0.079566 E

0.027797 0.050970 0.023830 0.001684 0.000000 0.000000 0.104281 ESE 0.015268 0.031678 0.018522 0.001199 0.000029 0.000000 0.066695 SE 0.014098 0.024486 0.017323 0.002768 0.000000 0.000000 0.058676 SSE 0.015097 0.032021 0.028881 0.004595 0.000029 0.000000 0.080622 S

0.015240 0.038984 0.035131 0.002997 0.000342 0.000000 0.092694 SSW 0.014583 0.029680 0.027854 0.002540 0.000029 0.000000 0.074686 SW 0.012500 0.023687 0.025143 0.008619 0.000257 0.000029 0.070234 WSW 0.009361 0.011387 0.014384 0.011558 0.002397 0.000171 0.049258 W

0.007934 0.006621 0.010103 0.013042 0.003881 0.000428 0.042009 WNW 0.007135 0.006564 0.006792 0.003539 0.000485 0.000114 0.024629 NW 0.010217 0.010873 0.005993 0.003196 0.001370 0.000000 0.031650 NNW 0.009332 0.006279 0.004167 0.003253 0.000656 0.000057 0.023744 Total 0.191438 0.340411 0.288185 0.084760 0.010645 0.000942 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 8.40%

Average Wind Speed: 6.29 Knots Source: (WCS, 2004)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.009045 0.012132 0.011067 0.003831 0.000532 0

0.036607 NNE 0.009684 0.016388 0.014898 0.007024 0.000319 0

0.048313 NE 0.017878 0.024795 0.015537 0.002448 0

0 0.060658 ENE 0.026391 0.025114 0.019581 0.005534 0.000106 0

0.076727 E

0.02139 0.021709 0.011599 0.002341 0

0 0.057039 ESE 0.01724 0.017346 0.005427 0.000851 0.000106 0

0.040971 SE 0.022135 0.019794 0.009578 0.001383 0

0 0.052889 SSE 0.022986 0.044163 0.029371 0.001596 0

0 0.098116 S

0.021709 0.055975 0.032031 0.001277 0

0 0.110993 SSW 0.020645 0.032564 0.023731 0.000851 0

0 0.077791 SW 0.019261 0.026391 0.015005 0.003086 0.000106 0

0.06385 WSW 0.013089 0.011493 0.013196 0.00564 0.001064 0.000319 0.044802 W

0.007981 0.007981 0.009045 0.006917 0.002022 0.000213 0.03416 WNW 0.008194 0.007343 0.004895 0.000851 0

0 0.021283 NW 0.012983 0.009578 0.004257 0.003193 0.000426 0.000213 0.030648 NNW 0.011387 0.009471 0.005427 0.004682 0

0 0.030967 Total 0.261999 0.342237 0.224646 0.051506 0.004682 0.000745 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 11.42%

Average Wind Speed: 5.31 Knots Source: (WCS, 2005)

Table 32B. WCS Lower Wind Data (2005)

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.008789 0.009930 0.005022 0.001598 0.000342 0.000000 0.025682 NNE 0.011072 0.014154 0.008218 0.003310 0.000000 0.000000 0.036754 NE 0.015295 0.018605 0.011072 0.001826 0.000000 0.000000 0.046798 ENE 0.024198 0.025568 0.012556 0.001141 0.000000 0.000000 0.063463 E

0.024312 0.024769 0.008903 0.000342 0.000000 0.000000 0.058327 ESE 0.030362 0.020089 0.006392 0.000114 0.000000 0.000000 0.056957 SE 0.027851 0.028878 0.008789 0.000571 0.000000 0.000000 0.066088 SSE 0.024769 0.035384 0.017464 0.000571 0.000000 0.000000 0.078187 S

0.019176 0.039493 0.016551 0.000799 0.000000 0.000000 0.076019 SSW 0.015181 0.026367 0.010958 0.000913 0.000000 0.000000 0.053419 SW 0.011300 0.017920 0.010501 0.001141 0.000000 0.000000 0.040863 WSW 0.007762 0.008903 0.009816 0.003995 0.000114 0.000000 0.030590 W

0.010729 0.007990 0.009702 0.007077 0.001826 0.000114 0.037439 WNW 0.008447 0.006620 0.007876 0.004223 0.001027 0.000342 0.028536 NW 0.010045 0.007990 0.005022 0.002968 0.000342 0.000000 0.026367 NNW 0.010501 0.009930 0.003995 0.002169 0.000342 0.000000 0.026938 Total 0.259788 0.302591 0.152836 0.032759 0.003995 0.000457 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 24.76%

Average Wind Speed: 4.21 Knots Source: (WCS, 2006)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.008920 0.011068 0.008149 0.002753 0.000441 0.000000 0.031331 NNE 0.010352 0.015308 0.011673 0.005231 0.000165 0.000000 0.042729 NE 0.016629 0.021805 0.013380 0.002147 0.000000 0.000000 0.053962 ENE 0.025329 0.025384 0.016189 0.003414 0.000055 0.000000 0.070371 E

0.022796 0.023182 0.010297 0.001377 0.000000 0.000000 0.057651 ESE 0.023567 0.018666 0.005892 0.000496 0.000055 0.000000 0.048676 SE 0.024888 0.024173 0.009196 0.000991 0.000000 0.000000 0.059248 SSE 0.023842 0.039921 0.023622 0.001101 0.000000 0.000000 0.088486 S

0.020483 0.048015 0.024558 0.001046 0.000000 0.000000 0.094103 SSW 0.018006 0.029569 0.017565 0.000881 0.000000 0.000000 0.066021 SW 0.015418 0.022301 0.012830 0.002147 0.000055 0.000000 0.052750 WSW 0.010517 0.010242 0.011563 0.004846 0.000606 0.000165 0.037938 W

0.009306 0.007984 0.009361 0.006993 0.001927 0.000165 0.035736 WNW 0.008315 0.006993 0.006332 0.002478 0.000496 0.000165 0.024778 NW 0.011563 0.008810 0.004625 0.003084 0.000385 0.000110 0.028578 NNW 0.010958 0.009691 0.004735 0.003469 0.000165 0.000000 0.029018 Total 0.260889 0.323110 0.189968 0.042454 0.004350 0.000606 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 17.86%

Average Wind Speed: 4.78 Knots Source: (WCS, 2006)

Table 34. WCS Lower Stability Table (2000-2005)

LOWER STABILITY 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2000-2005 A

6%

7%

8%

7%

7%

7%

7%

B 5%

5%

5%

5%

5%

5%

5%

C 13%

13%

14%

12%

13%

13%

13%

D 70%

70%

66%

71%

70%

69%

69%

E 2%

3%

4%

3%

3%

3%

3%

F 2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

Source: (WCS, 2004)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.002343 0.006671 0.012018 0.009041 0.001433 0.000827 0.032334 NNE 0.002343 0.005954 0.013782 0.016291 0.006257 0.001323 0.045951 NE 0.003060 0.011384 0.021308 0.016456 0.005734 0.000965 0.058906 ENE 0.003060 0.012652 0.024808 0.016815 0.003473 0.000358 0.061167 E

0.003170 0.019957 0.026352 0.010723 0.000662 0.000028 0.060891 ESE 0.003473 0.018358 0.027262 0.004934 0.000055 0.000000 0.054082 SE 0.004355 0.030294 0.048569 0.018468 0.001020 0.000055 0.102762 SSE 0.005182 0.026738 0.054606 0.043497 0.003583 0.000551 0.134158 S

0.007691 0.023044 0.046695 0.033298 0.001020 0.000331 0.112079 SSW 0.008876 0.020784 0.029798 0.016677 0.000441 0.000055 0.076630 SW 0.009372 0.020894 0.017890 0.011991 0.001709 0.000276 0.062131 WSW 0.007277 0.014637 0.010723 0.008545 0.004107 0.001792 0.047081 W

0.005541 0.011136 0.007112 0.008683 0.004052 0.002646 0.039170 WNW 0.004052 0.012239 0.009179 0.006450 0.001599 0.000965 0.034484 NW 0.004052 0.012322 0.014113 0.006175 0.001351 0.000358 0.038370 NNW 0.003335 0.007139 0.008628 0.005072 0.000827 0.000276 0.025277 Total 0.077182 0.254204 0.372843 0.233116 0.037323 0.010805 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 1.50%

Average Wind Speed: 8.63 Knots Source: (WCS, 2004)

Table 36. WCS Upper Wind Data (2001)

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.003533 0.007066 0.012877 0.007014 0.000811 0.000157 0.031459 NNE 0.003507 0.008139 0.014473 0.015049 0.003769 0.001492 0.046429 NE 0.003795 0.015311 0.019917 0.011908 0.002931 0.000419 0.054280 ENE 0.003324 0.018791 0.022822 0.011961 0.001596 0.000680 0.059175 E

0.003664 0.020754 0.028946 0.011568 0.000995 0.000288 0.066215 ESE 0.003507 0.020152 0.033421 0.007642 0.001282 0.000052 0.066058 SE 0.004868 0.029600 0.049753 0.016907 0.000602 0.000026 0.101756 SSE 0.006595 0.028501 0.051035 0.031197 0.004083 0.000445 0.121856 S

0.008558 0.028109 0.047371 0.027847 0.001701 0.000419 0.114005 SSW 0.010312 0.024628 0.029312 0.010783 0.000497 0.000183 0.075715 SW 0.008768 0.017221 0.017090 0.009396 0.001413 0.000079 0.053966 WSW 0.007537 0.012484 0.011149 0.010312 0.003376 0.000497 0.045356 W

0.006962 0.012248 0.009239 0.012458 0.003900 0.002722 0.047528 WNW 0.007014 0.013400 0.010024 0.005915 0.001675 0.000393 0.038420 NW 0.005104 0.015965 0.013819 0.003900 0.001309 0.000157 0.040252 NNW 0.003769 0.007930 0.008872 0.003167 0.000995 0.000262 0.024994 Total 0.090816 0.280300 0.380120 0.197022 0.030935 0.008270 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 1.30%

Average Wind Speed: 8.19 Knots Source: (WCS, 2004)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.002084 0.004806 0.009017 0.013101 0.003063 0.001191 0.033262 NNE 0.001361 0.007741 0.013994 0.019056 0.006508 0.003998 0.052658 NE 0.002254 0.013952 0.016206 0.010634 0.005615 0.000510 0.049171 ENE 0.002807 0.017780 0.019736 0.011357 0.003275 0.000425 0.055381 E

0.003488 0.018248 0.028158 0.007061 0.000468 0.000298 0.057720 ESE 0.003148 0.016929 0.039983 0.008337 0.000510 0.000085 0.068992 SE 0.004211 0.023267 0.041131 0.023054 0.002722 0.000383 0.094768 SSE 0.005189 0.028073 0.057975 0.048065 0.004679 0.000043 0.144024 S

0.007784 0.032454 0.056231 0.038069 0.000468 0.000000 0.135006 SSW 0.007784 0.029264 0.034964 0.017482 0.000468 0.000043 0.090004 SW 0.007826 0.018843 0.013952 0.015483 0.003701 0.000170 0.059974 WSW 0.006848 0.010846 0.007826 0.011740 0.003445 0.000978 0.041684 W

0.006210 0.010506 0.007146 0.009911 0.001999 0.000255 0.036027 WNW 0.005530 0.011144 0.004849 0.003105 0.001106 0.000595 0.026329 NW 0.004594 0.011527 0.006635 0.003530 0.001021 0.000468 0.027775 NNW 0.003871 0.006380 0.004977 0.004424 0.001659 0.000723 0.022033 Total 0.074989 0.261761 0.362782 0.244407 0.040706 0.010166 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 0.52%

Average Wind Speed: 8.72 Knots Source: (WCS, 2004)

Table 38. WCS Upper Wind Data (2003)

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.001910 0.004903 0.007012 0.007439 0.001625 0.000855 0.023743 NNE 0.002280 0.004789 0.007439 0.011487 0.001853 0.000114 0.027961 NE 0.001311 0.006185 0.010945 0.010290 0.003107 0.000228 0.032066 ENE 0.001511 0.008950 0.011629 0.008209 0.002138 0.000428 0.032864 E

0.001739 0.011145 0.010261 0.005701 0.002195 0.001340 0.032379 ESE 0.001739 0.006271 0.008209 0.006328 0.002480 0.000656 0.025681 SE 0.002166 0.008579 0.007867 0.011316 0.000941 0.000057 0.030926 SSE 0.002822 0.009549 0.018327 0.010518 0.000770 0.000029 0.042013 S

0.008294 0.027648 0.034688 0.010347 0.000684 0.000114 0.081775 SSW 0.024256 0.070773 0.059144 0.017928 0.002394 0.000798 0.175294 SW 0.015734 0.071030 0.105176 0.029102 0.004446 0.001368 0.226856 WSW 0.005444 0.014423 0.046545 0.033691 0.003221 0.000599 0.103922 W

0.005102 0.008494 0.008893 0.035714 0.004789 0.001026 0.064018 WNW 0.003705 0.008066 0.006955 0.012342 0.003819 0.000599 0.035486 NW 0.003762 0.009292 0.009377 0.005986 0.003819 0.001425 0.033662 NNW 0.002765 0.005359 0.005815 0.003905 0.002508 0.000741 0.021092 Total 0.084540 0.275453 0.358283 0.220300 0.040788 0.010375 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 1.00%

Average Wind Speed: 8.51 Knots Source: (WCS, 2004)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.005534 0.008407 0.01128 0.008301 0.002022 0.000639 0.036182 NNE 0.003512 0.012025 0.014898 0.012132 0.003831 0.001596 0.047994 NE 0.003831 0.015218 0.021177 0.013834 0.001383 0.000426 0.055869 ENE 0.005853 0.020006 0.023199 0.01543 0.003831 0.000319 0.068639 E

0.007556 0.023731 0.023518 0.010748 0.000851 0.000213 0.066617 ESE 0.006811 0.016388 0.017665 0.002767 0.000319 0.000532 0.044482 SE 0.007875 0.025753 0.019261 0.009045 0.000532 0.000106 0.062573 SSE 0.009258 0.026923 0.043737 0.028626 0.000958 0

0.109503 S

0.012983 0.030861 0.058636 0.029158 0.000745 0

0.132383 SSW 0.014686 0.032457 0.036075 0.009578 0.000319 0

0.093115 SW 0.013941 0.025008 0.020645 0.01011 0.000851 0

0.070554 WSW 0.012451 0.017346 0.013515 0.00979 0.001596 0.001277 0.055975 W

0.010961 0.008194 0.008088 0.009684 0.003512 0.002554 0.042992 WNW 0.007024 0.011599 0.006704 0.003937 0

0 0.029265 NW 0.007556 0.014579 0.00713 0.002767 0.000532 0.000851 0.033415 NNW 0.00564 0.011493 0.008088 0.005321 0.000639 0

0.03118 Total 0.135469 0.299989 0.333617 0.181228 0.021922 0.008513 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 193%

Average Wind Speed: 8.08 Knots Source: (WCS, 2005)

Table 38B. WCS Upper Wind Data (2005)

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.004680 0.007191 0.009131 0.003310 0.001256 0.000571 0.026139 NNE 0.003310 0.008789 0.014268 0.006849 0.002625 0.000571 0.036411 NE 0.004680 0.014039 0.020774 0.013811 0.003310 0.000913 0.057528 ENE 0.005935 0.019062 0.025796 0.012670 0.001141 0.000000 0.064604 E

0.007305 0.026823 0.026024 0.007876 0.000228 0.000000 0.068257 ESE 0.008104 0.030248 0.025340 0.005593 0.000114 0.000000 0.069398 SE 0.007990 0.041776 0.040178 0.011414 0.000342 0.000000 0.101701 SSE 0.012442 0.036069 0.048054 0.021573 0.000571 0.000000 0.118708 S

0.014382 0.031389 0.042803 0.016208 0.000457 0.000228 0.105467 SSW 0.016665 0.028650 0.026709 0.007762 0.000571 0.000114 0.080470 SW 0.014953 0.022600 0.018149 0.007876 0.000913 0.000114 0.064604 WSW 0.013012 0.013925 0.009588 0.008561 0.002739 0.000114 0.047940 W

0.009246 0.011757 0.009017 0.010387 0.002283 0.002625 0.045314 WNW 0.008218 0.009588 0.008218 0.005593 0.002739 0.001484 0.035841 NW 0.007191 0.012556 0.010844 0.003310 0.001598 0.000114 0.035612 NNW 0.005365 0.009474 0.009930 0.002968 0.000457 0.000342 0.028536 Total 0.143477 0.323936 0.344824 0.145760 0.021345 0.007191 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 1.35%

Average Wind Speed: 7.79 Knots Source: (WCS, 2006)

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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (NORMALIZED)

WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

WIND DIRECTION (BLOWING FROM) 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 11 - 16 17 - 21

> 21 TOTAL N

0.004180 0.006493 0.010207 0.007310 0.001361 0.000564 0.030115 NNE 0.003519 0.008263 0.013998 0.012151 0.003519 0.001303 0.042751 NE 0.003791 0.013609 0.018411 0.012442 0.002800 0.000661 0.051714 ENE 0.005191 0.017167 0.020802 0.011898 0.002119 0.000544 0.057721 E

0.005696 0.021755 0.022319 0.007738 0.000739 0.000311 0.058557 ESE 0.005716 0.020647 0.022688 0.004724 0.000758 0.000233 0.054766 SE 0.006552 0.029959 0.032117 0.012404 0.000778 0.000097 0.081906 SSE 0.009273 0.027879 0.044715 0.026421 0.001614 0.000214 0.110115 S

0.012520 0.029609 0.046426 0.022221 0.000680 0.000175 0.111632 SSW 0.019072 0.034839 0.033789 0.010751 0.000661 0.000214 0.099325 SW 0.015592 0.029881 0.031242 0.011626 0.001808 0.000350 0.090499 WSW 0.010712 0.012481 0.017925 0.011917 0.002566 0.000894 0.056496 W

0.009312 0.009332 0.008593 0.014095 0.003266 0.002002 0.046601 WNW 0.007252 0.010518 0.007213 0.006105 0.001614 0.000583 0.033283 NW 0.006377 0.012753 0.009818 0.003752 0.001380 0.000525 0.034605 NNW 0.005113 0.008671 0.007077 0.004063 0.000972 0.000467 0.026362 Total 0.129868 0.293855 0.347338 0.179618 0.026635 0.009137 1

Frequency of Calm Winds: 1.36%

Average Wind Speed: 8.23 Knots Source: (WCS, 2006)

Table 40. WCS Upper Stability Table (2000-2005)

UPPER STABILITY 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2000-2005 A

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

B 8%

8%

8%

9%

8%

8%

8%

C 14%

15%

16%

15%

15%

15%

15%

D 65%

62%

63%

61%

63%

63%

63%

E 5%

6%

6%

6%

6%

6%

6%

F 8%

8%

6%

9%

8%

8%

8%

Source: (WCS, 2004)

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FLOOD OF 12 OCCURRENCES YEARLY OCCURRENCES FREQUENCY BY MONTH 1993 0

Jan 0%

1994 0

Feb 0%

1995 0

Mar 8%

1996 2

Apr 8%

1997 1

May 25%

1998 1

Jun 17%

1999 0

Jul 17%

2000 4

Aug 17%

2001 0

Sep 0%

2002 1

Oct 8%

2003 2

Nov 0%

2004 1

Dec 0%

Yearly Average 1.0 Table 42. Thunderstorm and High Wind Occurrences for Andrews County (1993-2004)

THUNDERSTORM & HIGH WIND OF 38 OCCURRENCES YEARLY OCCURRENCES FREQUENCY BY MONTH 1993 6

Jan 3%

1994 2

Feb 3%

1995 5

Mar 5%

1996 3

Apr 16%

1997 2

May 21%

1998 3

Jun 16%

1999 3

Jul 5%

2000 2

Aug 11%

2001 0

Sep 16%

2002 6

Oct 3%

2003 5

Nov 0%

2004 1

Dec 3%

Yearly Average 3.2

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HAIL OF 74 OCCURRENCES YEARLY OCCURRENCES FREQUENCY BY MONTH AVERAGE INCHES BY MONTH 1993 2

Jan 0%

0.00 1994 2

Feb 0%

0.00 1995 22 Mar 5%

0.91 1996 1

Apr 12%

1.17 1997 10 May 26%

1.48 1998 9

Jun 39%

1.69 1999 9

Jul 1%

0.75 2000 2

Aug 1%

0.75 2001 3

Sep 8%

1.38 2002 6

Oct 7%

1.03 2003 6

Nov 0%

0.00 2004 2

Dec 0%

0.00 Yearly Average 6.2

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WCS Lower Onsite, TX 2005 NORTH SOUTH WEST EAST 2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

WIND SPEED (Knots)

>= 22 17 - 21 11 - 17 7 - 11 4 - 7 1 - 4 Calms: 24.76%

DISPLAY Wind Speed UNIT Knots AVG WIND SPEED 4.21 Knots CALM WINDS 24.76%

ORIENTATION Direction (blowing from)

PLOT YEAR-DATE-TIME 2005 Jan 1 - Dec 31 Midnight - 11 PM FIGURE 11B WCS LOWER ONSITE, TX 2005 WINDROSE

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WCS Lower Onsite, TX 2000-2005 NORTH SOUTH WEST EAST 2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

WIND SPEED (Knots)

>= 22 17 - 21 11 - 17 7 - 11 4 - 7 1 - 4 Calms: 17.86%

DISPLAY Wind Speed UNIT Knots AVG WIND SPEED 4.78 Knots CALM WINDS 17.86%

ORIENTATION Direction (blowing from)

PLOT YEAR-DATE-TIME 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Jan 1 - Dec 31 Midnight - 11 PM FIGURE 12 WCS LOWER ONSITE, TX 2000-2005 WINDROSE

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WCS Upper Onsite, TX 2005 NORTH SOUTH WEST EAST 3%

6%

9%

12%

15%

WIND SPEED (Knots)

>= 22 17 - 21 11 - 17 7 - 11 4 - 7 1 - 4 Calms: 1.35%

DISPLAY Wind Speed UNIT Knots AVG WIND SPEED 7.79 Knots CALM WINDS 1.35%

ORIENTATION Direction (blowing from)

PLOT YEAR-DATE-TIME 2005 Jan 1 - Dec 31 Midnight - 11 PM FIGURE 16B WCS UPPER ONSITE, TX 2005 WINDROSE

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WCS Upper Onsite, TX 2000-2005 NORTH SOUTH WEST EAST 3%

6%

9%

12%

15%

WIND SPEED (Knots)

>= 22 17 - 21 11 - 17 7 - 11 4 - 7 1 - 4 Calms: 1.36%

DISPLAY Wind Speed UNIT Knots AVG WIND SPEED 8.23 Knots CALM WINDS

1. 36%

ORIENTATION Direction (blowing from)

PLOT YEAR-DATE-TIME 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Jan 1 - Dec 31 Midnight - 11 PM FIGURE 17 WCS UPPER ONSITE, TX 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 WINDROSE

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