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Metropolitan Area |
Exposure Risk |
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Oklahoma City |
Low |
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Tulsa |
Low |
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St. Louis |
Low |
Date Issued: 21 December 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Thursday, December 21 - TX/OK/AR: Yesterday's front is now south of TX. A dry cold front moving southward through the Plains will bring a reinforcing shot of cold air later today and tonight. Other than some clouds in parts of eastern OK, northwest AR, and southeast TX, all other areas are sunny to partly cloudy today. No precipitation expected through tonight. Highs today and Friday mostly in the 30's to 50's, lows from the 10's north to 40's south.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high in the low 40's. Clear tonight, low in the upper 10's. Increasing clouds on Friday with a chance of freezing drizzle in the afternoon, high in the 20'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 release today. Temperatures will not reach the tolerance range this afternoon. Humidities are marginal. Winds are fairly light. Little to no release expected today, with Low Risk of exposure. 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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