Date Issued: 11 January 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Tuesday, January 11 - TX/OK: Region will be largely influenced by high pressure through mid-week. Cold front will move through northern and eastern sections of the region tonight but no rain and few clouds are expected with its passage. Mostly sunny days and clear nights through Wednesday with temperatures above or much above normal for this time of year. Highs mostly in the 60's and 70's with some 50's north; lows mostly in the 30's and 40's with some 20's north.
Trajectory weather: Mostly clear today and tonight, partly cloudy Wednesday. High today in the 60's, low tonight in the low 30's, high Wednesday in the low 50's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Serious Threat *** Conditions are favorable for pollen release with strong release expected. Temperatures and humidities will be in the favorable ranges much of the day. Areas affected include central and northeast OK (Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and others) and southeast KS. Residents of western MO may also feel some ill effects from today's release on Wednesday. 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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