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Metropolitan Area |
Transport Risk |
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Oklahoma City |
Low |
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Tulsa |
Low |
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St. Louis |
Low |
Date Issued: 10 December 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Sunday, December 10 - TX/OK/AR: Cold front moving southward through OK/AR today and tonight, progressing through TX on Monday. Partly to mostly cloudy today region-wide with highs in the 40's north to 70's south. Chance of light precipitation tonight northern sections, lows in the 20's to low 60's. Blustery and becoming colder from north to south on Monday as arctic air plunges southward behind the front.
Trajectory weather: Mostly cloudy today, high in the low 40's. Sleet, then snow tonight with a low of 10. Snow on Monday, tapering off late. High in the 10's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Early in the season, though a few cones may be ready to release pollen. Conditions are unfavorable for any release today. Temperatures will reach the 50's but humidities will remain very high. Winds are moderate. Precipitation tonight will wash out any airborne grains. Low Risk of any ill effects to persons near the source or along the forecast pathway. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by black star on map): Sulfur, Oklahoma
Prepared by: Thomas Keever (Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NCSU), Estelle Levetin (Faculty of Biological Science, The University of Tulsa, 600 S. College, Tulsa, OK 74104), and C.E. Main (Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7618). This forecast gives the anticipated future track of released Mountain Cedar pollen, weather conditions over the region and along the forecast pathway, and an estimated time of arrival for various metropolitan areas.
Questions: Aerobiology Lab e-mail: pollen@utulsa.edu
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