Pollen Forecast, 8 December 1998

University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 8 December 1999

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional weather: Wednesday, December 8 - TX/OK: Storm system developing in west Texas and will move east during the next 48 hours. Windy through the period. Increasing clouds and humidity with precipitation beginning later today, continuing into Thursday. South and west TX will likely remain dry. Other areas will range from scattered showers or thunderstorms...... to constant rain..... to snow in the Panhandles. Highs today in the 40's and 50's north, 60's and 70's south. Lows ranging from 20's Panhandles to 50's TX coast. Cooler Thursday with highs in the 30's and 40's north, 50's and 60's south.

Trajectory weather: Variably to mostly cloudy today, high in the low 60's. Showers developing by evening, increasing to occasional rain or thunderstorms during the night. Low in the 30's. Rain and/or snow on Thursday, ending late. Temperatures holding in the 30's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Mixed conditions for pollen release today. Strong winds with temperatures in the 50's and 60's favor release...... high humidities and early-season immaturity of cones do not. Unfavorable conditions carry more weight at this time. Few residents of central OK should feel any ill effects. TK

 Trajectory Start(s) (shown by the * 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.


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