University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 16 December 1998

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional weather: Wednesday, December 16 - TX/OK: Front moving through the region but there's little moisture associated with it so no precipitation is expected. Still mild with highs in the 50's north, mostly 60's elsewhere. Lows tonight in the 20's north and west, 30's elsewhere.

Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny, high in the low 60's today. Clear tonight, low in the mid-30's. Mostly sunny Thursday, high in the mid-60's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Moderate Threat *** Conditions are mostly favorable for pollen release today and most cones should be ready. Residents of extreme southeast OK will have airborne pollen passing through this afternoon. Airborne pollen will be travelling through populated areas of Texas east of Dallas/Ft. Worth and Waco overnight. Southeast Texas will be affected on Thursday. 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.