CSU ResearchTuesday, November 10
CSU and Wyoming researchers are building AI to predict hailstorms earlier
The Good Day Fort Collins team
If hail has ever wrecked your car or your crops, here's some good news. Researchers at Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming are developing AI technology to predict destructive hailstorms earlier and more accurately. CSU's Kristen Rasmussen says the team feeds the atmospheric ingredients that lead to hail into a prediction model, then tries to forecast out to eight days.
The hail forecasting project by the numbers
- 8 days
- how far ahead the models try to predict
- 4
- research scientists on the project
- Spring 2027
- for the next field research
Source: Denver7
LaSalle farmer Dave Petrocco says that kind of warning "would save us a lot of money." Hail can cause billions of dollars in damage in Colorado.
- Who benefits: farmers, homeowners and drivers, Rasmussen says
- Insurance: hail is a major driver of Colorado homeowners insurance costs
- Goal: work with the National Weather Service to put it to use
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Sources: Denver7, The Coloradoan