Date Issued: 13 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Monday, December 13 - TX/OK: Clouds with a chance of rain far eastern sections of OK and TX and the Ozarks. Grand majority of TX/OK region will be sunny to partly cloudy for the next few days as the weekend storm system moves to the east. Another front will push through the region on Tuesday. Other than a slight chance of rain for northern sections of OK, dry weather will prevail. Highs today in the 50's and 60's with 40's Ozarks. Lows tonight mostly in the 30's. Highs Tuesday in the 50's and 60's.
Trajectory weather: Sunny today, high in the 60's. Clear to partly cloudy tonight, low in the 30's. Partly cloudy Tuesday, high in the 50's.
Trajectory confidence: High.
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Unfavorable conditions for pollen release. Many cones are immature. Temperatures and humidities will be in the tolerance range during the afternoon hours. Light rain yesterday over much of the plateau probably indicates conditions too moist for much release. Little release expected. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by * 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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