Pollen Forecast, 14 January 2000

University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 14 January 2000

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional weather: Friday, January 14 - TX/OK: High pressure will control the weather for the weekend. Moist flow off the Gulf of Mexico is causing some clouds and showers in deep South TX and some variable cloudiness in south-central TX. Cloudiness will increase today for other parts of southern TX and there may be some drizzle tonight. Otherwise, fair weather will prevail, and the chance of rain will diminish for southern TX as the center of the High moves away to the east. Late-night/early morning clouds in some areas Saturday night are expected. Warming trend through the weekend. Highs today 50's and 60's, lows tonight 30's to 50's, highs Saturday 60's and 70's.

Trajectory weather: Partly to mostly sunny today, high in the 50's. Partly cloudy tonight, low in the 20's. Partly cloudy early Saturday, then mostly cloudy later with a chance of snow, high in the 30's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Serious Threat *** Conditions are favorable for pollen release. Strong release expected. Temperatures and humidities will be favorable from midday onward. Winds are strong. Residents of central OK, eastern KS, northern MO, and southern IA are most likely to experience any ill effects from today's release. 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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