Date Issued: 7 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
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: Sunny today, high in the mid-50's. Partly cloudy tonight, low near 30. Mostly cloudy Wednesday, high in the 40's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are favorable for pollen release today. Temperatures and humidities are favorable with moderate to strong winds. However, little pollen is available for release this early in the season. No significant event is expected. Some effects may be felt by residents of central and northern Oklahoma this afternoon or 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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