Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine close to the Russian border, receives around 550 mm (about 22 inches) of rain a year, with a summer peak from convective storms typical of the flat, continental steppe landscape of the region. Without significant nearby terrain to trigger storms, summer convection depends heavily on daytime heating, meaning the most intense cells tend to build during the hottest afternoons and can bring damaging hail to the region’s extensive farmland. Because these storms can develop quickly on an otherwise dry summer day, radar tracking remains a genuinely practical tool for the region’s agricultural community. Ukraine’s Hydrometeorological Center operates the national radar network.
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