Active hail suppression season begins tomorrow with rocket method

Starting tomorrow, the Executive Agency "Hail Suppression" will begin the active season for protection against hail-producing processes using the rocket method in Bulgaria. The system's coverage includes nearly 22 million decares of agricultural land in the regions of Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, Haskovo, Sliven, Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, and Pleven.

Operational activities will be coordinated from 11 command posts and will be carried out through 262 rocket launch sites located throughout the country. The agency has secured approximately 16,000 anti-hail rockets for conducting operations.

In case of increased frequency and intensity of hail-producing processes during the season, there is also a provision for faster securing of additional quantities of rockets.

For the following 2026 year, the provision of complete radar coverage of the atmosphere over Bulgaria through eight meteorological radar stations is planned.

Source: marica.bg