Pollen Forecast, 19 December 2000

University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Metropolitan Area

Exposure Risk

Oklahoma City

Low

Tulsa

Low

St. Louis

Low

Date Issued: 19 December 2000

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional weather: Tuesday, December 19 - TX/OK/AR: Dissipating cold front lies across the northern and eastern sections. High pressure in control of today's weather. Mostly sunny region-wide except for northeast OK. Cold in AR and OK, cool in TX with no precipitation expected. Winds are light today, but will pick up in earnest on Wednesday as another system approaches from the west. Highs mostly from the 30's to low 60's, lows tonight in the 10's north to 40's south.

Trajectory weather: Sunny today, high in the mid 40's. Increasing clouds tonight, low in the mid-10's. Cloudy with snow likely on Wednesday, high near 20.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Early in the season, though a few cones may be ready to release pollen. Conditions are mostly unfavorable for release today. Temperatures may move into the favorable range this afternoon, but only for 2-3 hours at most. Humidities will move into the tolerance range for a few hours also. Winds are light. Very little to no release expected today. Risk of exposure is minimal and should be confined to areas very near the source. 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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