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The University of Tulsa

Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Metropolitan Area

Exposure Risk

Dallas/Fort Worth

Moderate to High

Austin

Moderate to High

San Antonio

Low to Moderate/

 

Date Issued: 26 December 2003

 

Mountain Cedar Location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas

 

Regional Weather: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec 26 to 28. TX/OK: Mild weather continues but clouds move into the region bringing moist air and strong southerly winds ahead of a cold front that will move through the region this weekend. Friday will be partly to mostly cloudy throughout the region with strong southerly winds. Temperatures will be in the 60s to low 70s in Texas and 50s to 60 in Oklahoma. Nighttime temperatures will be mild, dropping only about 10 degrees. Saturday will be cloudy with rain chances increasing throughout the day. Thunderstorms are likely to occur. Southerly winds will continue with temperatures in the 60s in the north and 70s in the south. The cold front will push through the area late Saturday night into Sunday morning shifting winds to the northwest and bringing temperatures down about 10 degrees. Clearing skies will begin on Sunday decreasing the chance of precipitation during the day. Temperatures will range from mid 50s to mid 60s through the region..

 

Trajectory weather: Trajectories from the Edwards Plateau move north, northeast. Trajectories from the eastern side show good lift characteristics; those from the western side move along the ground. Weather at the source shows high humidity and fog in some areas.

 

OUTLOOK: *** Moderate to High Exposure Risk today *** Somewhat mixed conditions for pollen release. High humidity this morning in the eastern portions of the Edwards Plateau may slow pollen release; however, release is likely to occur this afternoon as fog lifts and humidity decreases.


Trajectory Start (s) (shown by * on map): Austin, TX; Junction, TX; San Angelo, TX

 

AUSTIN

 



JUNCTION




SAN ANGELO

 




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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