Date Issued: 22 December 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Tuesday/Wednesday, December 22/23 - TX/OK: Arctic high pressure in place over the region. Dry northern half today.....chance of light frozen precipitation in parts of southern, central, and western Texas. Very cold with highs in the 10's and 20's north......30's and 40's south. Lows tonight in the single digits and 10's OK and much of north and west TX, 20's and 30's south and east TX. Chance of snow, sleet, freezing rain/drizzle most areas on Wednesday with a chance of rain southernmost TX. Highs Wednesday in the 20's OK and north and central TX, 30's and 40's for the southernmost regions.
Trajectory weather: Considerable high clouds and cold today, high in the 20's. Cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a chance of snow or sleet, low near 20, high Wednesday in the 20's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions very unfavorable for pollen release. Very cold temperatures over the region, humidities are above the tolerance zone and will increase through Wednesday. Low Risk of transport today and Wednesday. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by green dot on map): Sulfur, Oklahoma
Prepared b: 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.
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