Date Issued: 10 December 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by green dot on map): Sulfur, Oklahoma
Regional weathe: Thursday, December 10 - TX/OK: South-central U.S. being affected by broad winter weather system. Cold, wet conditions today with snow to the west and north and rain other areas. Highs in the 30's and 40's, lows tonight in the 20's and 30's. Slow-moving system will affect the region again on Friday.
Trajectory weather: Rain likely today, high in the mid-40s. Rain becoming mixed with freezing precipitation tonight, low in the low 30's. Mostly cloudy with a good chance of rain Friday, high in the 40's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions unfavorable for pollen release. Temperatures are too cold, humidities are too high, and rain is likely. Pollen counts are up according to recent reports, but for today, Low Risk of pollen transport from this area. 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.