Date Issued: 29 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Wednesday, December 29 - TX/OK: Fair, warm weather for the next few days. A low pressure trough will move through the region tonight and Thursday, bringing a few clouds and cooling temperatures in the north. No rain is expected, and even with the cooldown temperatures will remain above seasonal norms. Highs in the 60's and 70's today. Lows tonight mostly 30's and 40's. Highs Thursday in the 50's and 60's north, 70's south.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high near 70. Partly cloudy tonight, low in the 40's. Becoming mostly sunny on Thursday, high in the low 60's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Serious Threat *** Significant release expected. Conditions are favorable for pollen release today. Though it isn't especially windy, temperatures and humidities will be in the favorable ranges for much of the day. Residents of central and northern Texas.... southeast Oklahoma... and western Arkansas may experience some ill effects from today's release. 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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