Date Issued: 31 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Friday, December 31 - TX/OK: Clear to partly cloudy region-wide. Strong storm system will develop to the north in the central plains on Saturday. However, conditions in this region will remain warm and dry. Highs today and Saturday from the 50's to 70's; lows mostly in the 30's and 40's.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high in the 70's. Clear tonight, low near 40. Partly cloudy Saturday, high in the 60's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Serious Threat *** Significant release expected. Conditions are favorable for pollen release. Temperatures and humidities will be in the favorable ranges for much of the day. Residents of central and northern TX may feel some ill effects today and tonight..... northeast TX and southern OK on Saturday. 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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