Date Issued: 17 January 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Monday, January 17 - TX/OK: Stalled front wavering around across OK today. Late night / morning low clouds and fog in many areas giving way to partly cloudy to mostly sunny conditions in many areas this afternoon. Some locales will remain cloudy. Plenty of moisture in the region, which is causing the cloudiness and fog. However, only drizzle or light rain is possible through Tuesday, mainly for the northern sections. Most areas will remain dry. Temperatures will be very warm. Highs in the 50's to 80's both today and Tuesday. Overnight lows ranging from the 30's to near 60. Some northern sections will be cooler on Tuesday as high pressure begins building in from the north on Tuesday.
Trajectory weather: Mostly cloudy today with a chance of drizzle this afternoon and evening, high in the 60's. Cloudy with a chance of light rain early, becoming likely late, low in the 30's. Chance of mostly morning rain on Tuesday, then partial clearing during the afternoon, high in the 40's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Mild Threat *** Conditions are mixed but mostly unfavorable for pollen release. Temperatures are favorable. As occurred yesterday, however, humidities remain in the mid-70% range through midday. Little release expected. Residents of eastern OK are the most likely to feel 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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