_____ is a constant, serious threat in Mendoza, and can destroy vineyards at a moment's notice.

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_____ is a constant, serious threat in Mendoza, and can destroy vineyards at a moment's notice.

Hail is the threat being tested because Mendoza’s spring weather often produces sudden, severe hailstorms that can devastate vineyards in minutes. The warm, moist air rising from the plains meets cold air from the Andes to unleash powerful convective storms, and large hailstones can pummel vines, crushing berries, ripping leaves, and injuring shoots overnight. Such damage not only reduces yield but can also spoil fruit quality and open the canopy to sunburn and disease, making recovery costly and slow. Frost and drought are serious concerns, but they don’t typically cause that instant, block-wide destruction that hail can cause in this region. Growers mitigate with protective nets, hail cannons, precise weather forecasting, and crop insurance.

Hail is the threat being tested because Mendoza’s spring weather often produces sudden, severe hailstorms that can devastate vineyards in minutes. The warm, moist air rising from the plains meets cold air from the Andes to unleash powerful convective storms, and large hailstones can pummel vines, crushing berries, ripping leaves, and injuring shoots overnight. Such damage not only reduces yield but can also spoil fruit quality and open the canopy to sunburn and disease, making recovery costly and slow. Frost and drought are serious concerns, but they don’t typically cause that instant, block-wide destruction that hail can cause in this region. Growers mitigate with protective nets, hail cannons, precise weather forecasting, and crop insurance.

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