Date Issued: 5 January 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Wednesday, January 5 - TX/OK: Cold front approaching from the Rockies will move through the region during the next two days. Only a few clouds and no precipitation expected with its passage. Moisture will increase in southern and southeastern TX beginning tonight. Clouds and a chance of showers for some areas on Thursday. Otherwise, sunny/clear skies today and Thursday. Windy ahead of the front for some sections today. Highs from the 40's to 60's both days but a bit cooler on Thursday behind the front. Lows ranging from the 20's to 40's.
Trajectory weather: Fair today, high near 50. Becoming cloudy this evening with a chance of flurries or light snow overnight. Low in the 20's. Cloudy Thursday with a chance of light snow early, then snow showers in the afternoon. High in the 30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Moderate Threat *** Conditions are mixed but mostly favorable for pollen release. Temperatures will be in the favorable range during the afternoon hours. Humidities are already within the favorable range and decreasing through the morning. Windy conditions as well. Some release expected during the afternoon. Residents of central OK and eastern KS are the likeliest to feel any ill effects. Persons living in northern MO or west-central IL may also be affected. 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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