Date Issued: 25 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Friday/Saturday, December 24/25 - TX/OK: High pressure will continue to govern the weather over the weekend. The upper-atmosphere Low in the Southwest will probably move a bit westward. Circulation around the High will bring moisture into sections of southern and western TX..... clouds and a chance of mostly light precipitation. Most areas of OK/TX will remain fair and dry. Temperatures will be seasonal to mild. Highs in the 50's and 60's today, mostly 50's Saturday. Lows tonight and Saturday night ranging from the 20's north to 40's south.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high in the mid-50's. Fair tonight and Sunday, low in the upper 20's, high near 60.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Moderate Threat *** Conditions are mostly favorable for pollen release. Temperatures are forecast to be warmer today than Friday along with more favorable humidity levels. Residents of south-central and east-central OK may feel some ill effects from today's release this afternoon and tonight. Airborne pollen will continue to fly through parts of central AR on Sunday, with fewer ill effects on the populace. 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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