Date Issued: 9 December 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by green dot on map): Sulfur, Oklahoma
Regional weather: Wednesday, December 9 - TX/OK: Tail end of last front still hung over south Texas, cloudy in that region today. Other areas partly cloudy to mostly sunny and dry, with increasing clouds (especially western sections) as the next systems forms in the southern Rockies and moves eastward. Highs mostly in the 50's with some 40's in the panhandles. Lows tonight ranging from 20's north and west to 40's south and east.
Trajectory weather: Increasing clouds, high in the low 50's. Cloudy with a slight chance of rain or snow tonight, low in the low to mid-30's. Cloudy with a good chance of rain or snow on Thursday, high in the 30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Mostly unfavorable conditions for pollen release. Though conditons are dry and afternoon temps may be in the favorable range, humidities will be on the rise through the day and few cones are ready to release pollen at this stage. Low Risk of pollen transport today. TK
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 5695-7618). 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.