Pollen Forecast, 13 December 1998

University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 13 December 1999

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

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: Partly cloudy today and tonight, high in the upper 50's, low in the low 30's. Cloudy with a chance of rain Tuesday, high in the 40's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Mostly unfavorable conditions for pollen release. Some light rain fell yesterday around the source region. Though temperatures will be above the tolerance range this afternoon, humidity remains high and many cones are still immature. Little release expected. 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.

Questions: Aerobiology Lab e-mail: pollen@utulsa.edu

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