Date Issued: 28 December 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
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: Partly cloudy today, high in the low 50's. Increasing clouds late in the day, becoming mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain. Low in the mid-30's. Cloudy with rain on Tuesday, high in the low 40's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions somewhat favorable for pollen release. Temperatures will be in the favorable range during the afternoon hours yet the humidities are running high. Given the size of the source and the mixed conditions, today's release event shouldn't pose significant problems. However, the trajectory does pass directly over some highly populated areas. Residents of Oklahoma City.....Tulsa.....Ponca City and other towns of central Oklahoma may feel some effects this afternoon and evening. Others living along the trajectory will likely remain unaffected due to the chance of rain along the way and the modest pollen release. 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.
Questions? Send e-mail to Aerobiology Lab: pollen@utulsa.edu
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