Date Issued: 8 December 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by green dot on map): Sulfur, Oklahoma
Regional weather: Tuesday, December 8 - TX/OK: High pressure area moving into the region. Sunny and dry today; clear and cold tonight. Highs in the 50's. Lows in the 20's north and west, 30's and 40's south and east. Increasing clouds on Wednesday, slight chance of rain in S TX.
Trajectory weather: Sunny today, high around 50. Clear and cold tonight, low in the low 30's. Increasing clouds on Wednesday, slight chance of rain in the afternoon. High in the 50's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are mixed for pollen release. Temperatures and humidities may be in the favorable range this afternoon. However, few cones are ready to release any pollen this early in the pollen season. Low risk of pollen transport along the forecast trajectory today. TK
Prepared by: 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 5695-7618). 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.