Date Issued: 6 January 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Thursday, January 6 - TX/OK: Cold front moving through the region. Moisture is being pumped into the region from the Gulf of Mexico. Clouds in eastern sections ahead of the front with a little light rain in parts of southeast TX. Clear to partly cloudy elsewhere (behind the front). The front will move through the region and stall along the Gulf coast. The increasing moisture feed will continue into Friday with the coverage of clouds and rain also increasing.... mostly for southern TX. Highs today in the 40's north to 60's south. Lows tonight ranging from the 20's to 40's. Highs Friday mostly in the 50's.
Trajectory weather: Partly cloudy today and tonight, high in the mid-50's, low in the low 30's. Sunny Friday, high in the low 50's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are unfavorable for pollen release. Temperatures may creep into the tolerance range this afternoon but the humidity appears to be hanging tough in the 70+ values. Little release expected. Persons living near the Arbuckle Mountains may feel some ill effects. 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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