Pollen Forecast, 16 January 2000

University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 16 January 2000

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional weather: Sunday, January 16 - TX/OK: Cold front is approaching the region from the north. It will stall out near the OK/KS and AR/MO borders tonight, moving back to the north as a warm front by Monday morning. Moisture values are up over the region.... and there will be late night / morning clouds some areas, especially near the front. Chance of light rain in parts of eastern OK and AR tonight or Monday. Windy some sections. Highs today in the 60's to 80's. Lows tonight from the 30's to the 60's. Highs Monday in the 50's to the 80's.

Trajectory weather: Mostly cloudy today, high in the low 60's. Cloudy tonight with areas of fog or drizzle, low near 40. Cloudy with a chance of rain, changing to freezing rain, sleet, or snow, high in the 30's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Mild Threat *** Conditions are mixed but mostly unfavorable for pollen release. Temperatures are favorable, as are winds. Humidities, however, remain well over 80% at 1pm local time and show no sign of dropping. Little release expected. Residents just to the north of the source region in central OK, including Oklahoma City, may feel a few 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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