Date Issued: 22 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Wednesday, December 22 - TX/OK: Broad area of high pressure centered to the north and west is the main player the next couple of days. Flow around the high will bring some moisture into parts of southern and western TX today and Thursday. Mostly cloudy for those areas with a chance of light precipitation. Other areas of TX/OK will be fair and dry. Highs mostly 30's and 40's today, upper 30's to 50's on Thursday. Lows mostly in the 20s and 30's.
Trajectory weather: Partly cloudy today and tonight. High in the upper 40's, low in the upper 20's. Partly cloudy Thursday, high near 50.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Mixed but mostly unfavorable conditions for pollen release. Temperatures will be in the favorable range for only a portion of the afternoon. Humidity is favorable. Recent reports from the Arbuckle Mountains indicate that many cones are now mature. Pollen release will probably occur once conditions become a bit more favorable. For today, however.... . Little release expected. Some residents of southeast OK may feel some 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.
Questions: Aerobiology Lab e-mail: pollen@utulsa.edu
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