CBC Edmonton: Research team descends on Alberta to track frequency, severity of hailstorms

John Hanesiak, an atmospheric science professor at the University of Manitoba offered his research on hail and other severe storms for the Northern Hail Project.

He said hailstorms generally are poorly reported, especially in Alberta.

“Hail is a fairly localized phenomenon,” he said. “If there’s nobody there to either see it or people just tend not to report it, then it’s rare for us to know exactly what happened.” 

For now, researchers have typically relied on weather radars to predict where and when hailstorms crop up. But it’s not a foolproof method.

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