Date Issued: 30 December 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Wednesday, December 30 - TX/OK: Another fast-moving but dissipating system passing through the region will bring a few clouds and shifting winds but no rain. Highs today mostly 50's OK and 60's to 70's TX with a few 40's in northeast OK. Lows tonight 20's and 30's OK and west TX, 40's and a few 50's other areas of TX.
Trajectory weather: Partly cloudy today, high in the mid-40's. Fair and cold tonight, low around 20. Increasing clouds on Thursday, high around 40.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions mostly unfavorable for pollen release. However, temperatures and humidities may be in the favorable range for a few hours this afternoon. Some pollen release may occur during the afternoon hours. Amounts should be light, but any airborne pollen will be moving through the Oklahoma City and Tulsa areas this afternoon and evening, so residents in those locales may feel some effects. 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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