Date Issued: 6 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
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 clear today and tonight, high in the mid-50's, low in the low 30's. Sunny on Tuesday, high in the 30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions favorable for pollen release today; however, it is very early in the season and few cones are mature. Temperatures were cold overnight but will rise into the tolerance zones by afternoon. Relative humidities are dropping as the temperatures climb. Residents of central Oklahoma, including Oklahoma City, may feel some effects of the airborne pollen this afternoon and evening. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by blue star on map): Sulfur, Oklahoma
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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