Date Issued: 28 December 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Monday, December 28 - TX/OK: High pressure in control for the next few days. Sunny to partly cloudy and dry today and tonight, highs in the 50's OK...60's and 70's TX.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high near 70. Partly cloudy tonight, low in the low 40's. Sunny on Tuesday, high in the upper 60's to around 70.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Moderate Threat *** Conditions favorable for pollen release, especially towards western sections of the Plateau where humidities are more favorable. Significant release possible. Airborne pollen will be moving through a wide expanse of central and northern Texas today and Tuesday. Residents near the Edwards Plateau area will be feeling the effects today, with people living in Abilene....Dallas/Ft. Worth...Waco...and nearby areas coming under the pollen's influence tonight and Tuesday. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by green dot on map): Austin, TX; Junction, TX; San Angelo, TX
Austin, TX
Junction, TX
San Angelo, TX
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.
Questions? Send e-mail to Aerobiology Lab: pollen@utulsa.edu
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