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Predicting if severe storms will produce hail
The shape of a severe storm such as the one pictured here is a major factor in whether the storm will produce hail and how large the hailstones are. National Center for Atmospheric Research scientists are experimenting with a new machine-learning technique that can process images to weigh the impact of storm shape and potentially improve hail forecasts.
[Research supported by National Science Foundation grant AGS 1755088; NCAR is sponsored by NSF.]
Learn more about this research in the NCAR/UCAR news story Facial recognition technique could improve hail forecasts. (Date image taken: unknown; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Jan. 3, 2020)
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