Date Issued: 28 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Tuesday, December 28 - TX/OK: Fair weather and warm temperatures expected for the next few days. Low pressure trough moving into the region will bring little in the way of clouds and no precipitation. Highs ranging from the 50's to 70's today, mostly 60's and 70's Wednesday. Lows mostly in the 30's and low 40's.
Trajectory weather: Clear today and tonight, high near 70, low in the low 40's. Sunny Wednesday, high around 70.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Serious Threat *** Significant release expected. Conditions are favorable for pollen release today. Temperatures and humidities are rapidly moving into the favorable ranges during late morning. Residents of south-central TX may feel ill effects this afternoon. Airborne pollen will be moving into southeastern TX tonight and Wednesday. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by * on map): Austin, TX; Junction, TX; San Angelo, TX
Austin, TX
Junction, TX
San Angelo, TX
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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