The University of Tulsa

Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 Date Issued: 15 Dec 2003

Mountain Cedar Location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional Weather: Monday and Tuesday, Dec 15 and 16. TX/OK: An upper troughs and strong cold front will move across the southern plains and Texas tonight into Tuesday. Strong winds today with lake wind cautions. Temperatures will be well above average in the low to mid 70s in the south and 60s in the north. Scattered clouds during the day today, becoming partly cloudy throughout the region tonight. Southwest winds during the day 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph, shifting to northwest 20 to 25 mph after midnight. Slight chance of rain in the north. Tomorrow partly cloudy with cooler temperatures and northwest winds. Highs tomorrow upper 50s in the south, 40s in the north. Winds should drop off Tuesday night/Wednesday morning with freezing temperatures expected again most areas.

OUTLOOK: *** Moderate to high risk today/ Low tomorrow *** Weather conditions are good for pollen release today; and pollen counts from last week in Oklahoma City suggest that the mountain cedar population in the Arbuckle Mountains has begun releasing pollen. With the strong southerly winds today, we should see moderate to high pollen levels in both Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Trajectories from the NOAA Air Resources Lab are not available today, Dec 15

Prepared by: Estelle Levetin (Faculty of Biological Science, The University of Tulsa, 600 S. College, Tulsa, OK 74104). 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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