University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 15 December 1998

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional weather: Tuesday, December 15 - TX/OK: High pressure area remains in control of the weather. Highs in the 60's, lows mostly in the 30's.

Trajectory weather: Sunny with a high in the low 60's. Clear tonight, low around 30. Mostly sunny Wednesday, high in the upper 50's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Moderate Threat *** Conditions are favorable for pollen release today and most cones should be ready. Areas south and east of Oklahoma City will be affected through early evening. This evening and tonight, airborne spores will be passing through a corridor bounded by Tulsa to the north and Eufaula Lake to the south, approaching Muskogee, OK by midnight and Fayetteville, AR by morning. Counties of northern Arkansas will be affected during the day on Wednesday. TK

 

Trajectory Start(s) (shown by green dot 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.