Ontario research team studies hail in Alberta [Video]

Researchers from Ontario are spending their summer in Olds, Alta., to take a closer look at the province’s hail systems.

The Northern Hail Project (NHP) aims to survey the formation of hailstorms and advance storm prediction techniques to mitigate the impacts of hail damage across Canada. The project consists of 12 summer students and staff.

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The project began in 2022 with researchers from Western University as a nod to the successful Northern Tornadoes Project, which was also founded by the Ontario school.

Julian Brimelow, the executive director for NHP, told CTV News Edmonton hail has become “a sleeper problem” in recent years.

“Hail is becoming increasingly problematic and very costly as illustrated by the Calgary hailstorm (in 2020). It was our first billion-dollar hailstorm,” said Brimelow. “This is an opportunity for us to do a …