How do I upgrade my iCloud storage on Snow Leopard?

Hi,
I'm still running Snow Leopard on my old Mac Pro due to certain programs that won't run on Lion or Mountain Lion.  I had a Mobile Me account, and then it switched to an iCloud account automatically.  I just got an email saying:
As a thank you for being a former MobileMe member, you received a 20 GB complimentary storage upgrade when you moved to iCloud. Your upgrade expires on September 30, 2013.
When it expires, your iCloud storage will be automatically adjusted to the free 5 GB plan. Note that you are currently using 7.99 GB of storage. If you exceed your storage plan on September 30, 2013, iCloud Backup, Documents in the Cloud, and iCloud Mail will temporarily stop working.
To continue using these iCloud features without interruption, reduce the amount of iCloud storage you are using or purchase a storage plan by September 30, 2013.
My problem is I would like to keep 20 GB of storage, but after going through Apple's support, and iCloud, found that there's no way for me to upgrade my storage since I don't run Lion or Mountain Lion on this computer (to upgrade, it says to go to System Preferences, couldn't find anything on the iCloud website).  All of my storage is from Mail, and I would like to keep the storage there.  Is there any way to upgrade my storage without switching to Lion or Mountain Lion? I don't want to lose this email account.

I have the exact same situation as you mattiger18.  I cannot install Lion or I will disrupt programs that I run on Snow Leopard that are critical for my work.  Apple is not providing a solution for us.  Last time they migrated from Mobile Me to iCloud they lost months of emails and had emails bouncing to my accounts.  They destroyed 8 weeks of my business.  They have done it again.  They have already lost several months of my emails and they are bouncing my business email.  It's outrageous!
I spent thousands of $ on my software and I have no intention of installing Lion or other OS iterations.  It is bad enough that Apple's service patches are crippling some of my applications.  My biggest regret was not altogether getting off of iCloud and setting up all my business email on other email servers like gmail, etc.  It is so outrageous what Apple is doing it is beyond words.  They are supremely greedy and totally uncaring for their customers.

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