Date Issued: 30 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Thursday, December 30 - TX/OK: Low pressure trough will move through the region today and tonight as it heads off to the east/southeast. Clouds caused by the passage of the trough are present in parts of western and central Texas this morning. Fair weather predominates elsewhere, as it will region-wide tonight and Friday. No rain expected. Temperatures will be mild to warm. High's today ranging from the 50's north to near 80 south. Lows tonight from the 20's north to 40's south. Highs Friday in the 50's north to 70's south.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high in the mid-60's. Partly cloudy tonight, low in the 40's. Sunny Friday, high in the low 70's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Serious Threat *** Conditions are favorable for pollen release today. Temperatures and humidities are favorable much of the day and winds are moderate. Airborne pollen will be moving through southeast OK (today)...... northeast TX (tonight)... far southeast TX and southwest LA (Friday). 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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