Date Issued: 29 December 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Tuesday, December 29 - TX/OK: High pressure moving in from the north will bring some colder air to OK and northern Texas. Dry most areas except for parts of northern OK which may have some freezing drizzle overnight. Highs in the 40's and 50's OK, mostly 60's and 70's TX. Lows tonight 10's and 20's OK, 30's and 40's TX.
Trajectory weather: Austin: Generally clear today and tonight, high in the upper 60's, lows in the 40's. Partly cloudy Wednesday, high in the 60's. Junction/San Angelo: Partly cloudy today, fair tonight. High in the mid-60's, low in the low 30's. Partly cloudy, high in the low 50's on Wednesday.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** SERIOUS Threat *** Conditions quite favorable for pollen release. Significant release expected. Airborne pollen from the eastern end of the Plateau will track mostly south and west today and tomorrow. Affected areas are south-central Texas and the Rio Grande Plains...including the cities of San Antonio today....Laredo and Eagle Pass tonight...and possible Del Rio on Wednesday. Pollen released from other areas of the Plateau will move initially southwest, then turn north and northeast overnight. Airborne pollen will reach Del Rio and Ozona, TX today....Odessa, Big Spring, and Lubbock, TX overnight....approaching Hobart and other towns of southwest Oklahoma during the day on Wednesday. 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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