Scientists in Colorado and Wyoming are developing new ways to solve a tricky weather forecasting problem using artificial intelligence: predicting destructive hailstorms.
Hail is driving up the cost of insurance by damaging more roofs, cars and crops, but it’s notoriously hard to model.
In order for a storm to produce hail, it needs the right atmospheric ingredients, said Kristen Rasmussen, an associate professor at Colorado State University who’s leading the project. They include a strong updraft, freezing temperatures and liquid water droplets…