Date Issued: 7 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Tuesday, December 7 - TX/OK: Mostly sunny and dry today. Windy some areas. Partly cloudy tonight, chance of light rain or drizzle for portions of north Texas. Low pressure area will develop near the Panhandle region by Wednesday and move east. Becoming mostly cloudy for the region on Wednesday with a chance of showers later in the day for some sections. Highs ranging from 50's to 70's today and Wednesday, lows tonight 30's and 40's.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high in the upper 60's. Becoming partly cloudy tonight, low around 40. Wednesday....... mostly cloudy with a chance of afternoon showers, high in the low 50's for OK/KS. Partly sunny, high in the mid-50's for MO.
Trajectory confidence: High.
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are favorable for release today. Winds are moderate to strong and temperatures and humidities are in the tolerance ranges. However, there isn't much pollen available for release during this early part of the season. Residents of central Texas or southern Oklahoma may feel some ill effects from today's release this afternoon or 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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