Date Issued: 2 January 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Sunday, January 2 - TX/OK: Mostly cloudy in eastern areas today with clear to partly cloudy skies otherwise. Low pressure is developing in OK today and tonight with an associated cold front to the south. Some rain expected for eastern sections today with coverage spreading tonight into Monday as the Low develops, mostly for northern and eastern areas with most of the west and south remaining dry. Highs in the 50's to 70's today. Lows in the 20's northwest to 50's southeast. Highs Monday from the 40's to 60's with a few 70's south TX.
Trajectory weather: Decreasing clouds with a high from 65-70. Becoming cloudy tonight with a slight chance of rain, low in the mid-40's. Good chance of rain Monday, especially early, high in the 50's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are unfavorable for pollen release today. Rain occurred this morning in the source region and humidities, while dropping, remain relatively high. Little to no release expected. 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
Return to Forecasting Home Page