Monday, June 26, 2017

Giant Hailstones to Increasingly Strike North America Under Climate Change

Damaging large hail “events” may become more common across the central and central-western parts of North America, concludes a new study published in Nature Climate Change.

The paper also finds that a warming climate will reduce the number of small hailstorms, as more hail melts prior to hitting the surface.  However, the vast majority of hail damage comes from much rarer storms that feature large hailstones.

The changes to the climate across much of North America expected over the coming century will favor the formation of larger hail, the paper says.

Large hailstorms can be extremely damaging events.  In 2016 alone hail damage in northern Texas topped $5.5bn, with some hailstones the size of baseballs or larger.

Read more at Giant Hailstones to Increasingly Strike North America Under Climate Change

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