Date Issued: 27 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Monday, December 27 - TX/OK: Fast-moving Clipper system will push through the region from the north. Other than some clouds and cooler temperatures for some sections, no precipitation is expected from its passage. Still some clouds in parts of southern TX today but little to no rainfall should occur. Clear to partly cloudy most areas.
Trajectory weather: Partly cloudy today, high in the upper 50's. Clear tonight, low in the mid-40's. Sunny Tuesday, high in the 60's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Moderate Threat *** Conditions are mostly favorable for pollen release with some release expected. Temperatures will be in the 50's before holding steady or dropping late this afternoon. Humidities will be in the tolerance zone by noon. Airborne pollen will be moving through far southern OK and far eastern TX this afternoon and tonight. Persons living in these areas 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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