Date Issued: 31 December 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Thursday, December 31 - TX/OK: Mostly cloudy south and southeast Texas this morning with a chance of drizzle south or showers southeast, otherwise partly cloudy region-wide. Highs today 30's and 40's north, 50's and 60's south. Developing major storm system in the works for New Year's day......precipitation beginning tonight many areas and continuing in earnest tomorrow. Lows tonight 20's and 30's north, 40's and 50's south. Highs Friday 30's and 40's north, 50's and 60's south.
Trajectory weather: Increasing cloudiness today, high in the low 40's. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of light rain tonight, low in the mid-30's. Good chance of rain.....sleet....or snow on Friday, high in the low 30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions mostly unfavorable for pollen release. Humidities may drop towards the favorable range but temperatures are unlikely to climb into the favorable range today. Little release expected. Those people living near the source region in the Arbuckle Mountains may feel some ill effects, but otherwise, little danger from this source. Low Threat of release again on Friday with high humidities and a good chance of rain. 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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