Pollen Forecast, 20 December 1998

University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 20 December 1999

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional weather: Monday, December 20 - TX/OK: Polar cold front has moved through most of the region. Developing low pressure area in northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Dramatically colder over the entire region today and tonight. Majority of locales won't get out of the 40's today; those that do will have their daily highs early in the day with temperatures dropping during the afternoon. Cloudy southern and eastern TX with rain south-central and southeast sections today. Clouds moving into the Panhandles with a chance of snow also. Partly cloudy elsewhere. Becoming partly cloudy region-wide tonight and Tuesday. Highs today ranging from the 20's north and west to 50's southern TX. Very cold tonight with lows in the 10's and 20's. Highs Tuesday in the 30's and 40's. Slow warm-up through the week.

Trajectory weather: Mostly cloudy today and tonight with a slight chance of snow this evening. High in the low 40's, low near 20. Partly cloudy Tuesday, high in the 40's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Unfavorable conditions for pollen release. Temperatures won't reach the tolerance zone today and the humidity is lowering slowly. Most cones are probably too immature for release. Little to no 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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