Date Issued: 31 December 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
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 60's. Partly cloudy tonight, low in the upper 30's. Mostly cloudy on Saturday, high in the upper 50's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Moderate Threat *** Conditions are mostly favorable for pollen release today. Temperatures and humidities will be favorable during the afternoon hours. Residents of central OK.... from the source region northward through Oklahoma City and toward Tulsa.... may feel some ill effects today and tonight. Residents of far eastern KS may feel some ill effects on Saturday. 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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