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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: 13 December 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Wednesday, December 13 - TX/OK/AR: Precipitation ending and clearing skies in western sections today while the nasty winter weather continues in the eastern areas. Precipitation will end in the eastern areas this evening. Highs in the 20's and 30's north today, 40's and 50's south and west. Becoming partly cloudy most areas on Thursday.
Trajectory weather: Cloudy with light freezing drizzle or flurries this afternoon, high in the low 30's. Cloudy with dense fog tonight, low near 20. Mostly cloudy Thursday, high in the 30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Early in the season, though a few cones may be ready to release pollen. Conditions are very unfavorable for release, with Low Risk to residents along the pathway. As was the case on Tuesday.... temperatures and humidities are far outside the favorable ranges. 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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