Pollen Transport Forecast, 6 December 1999

University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 6 December 1999

Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas

Regional weather: Monday, December 6 - TX/OK: Fair and dry as high pressure governs the weather for the next two days. Developing storm system in the southern Rockies will affect the region during mid-week. Highs in the 50's and 60's, lows in the 20's and 30's.

Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high in the 60's. Clear tonight, low in the mid-30's. Sunny to partly cloudy on Tuesday, highs 55-60.

Trajectory confidence: High.

OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Favorable conditions for pollen release today; however, it is early in the season and many cones are immature. Some airborne pollen will be flowing northward from the Plateau. Affected areas include central Texas today...... north-central Texas and southern Oklahoma tonight. TK

Trajectory Start(s) (shown by blue star on map): Austin, TX; Junction, TX; San Angelo, TX

Austin, TX

Junction, TX

San Angelo, TX

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 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: Aerobiology Lab e-mail: pollen@utulsa.edu

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