Date Issued: 20 January 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Thursday-Saturday, January 20-22 - TX/OK: Cold front pushes all the way through the region today. High pressure building in from the north is in control. The high will move off to the east on Friday..... while the next system forms in the western sections of this region. Moisture levels will be on the increase each day, especially for SAturday. Chance of rain northern half of the region on Saturday. Highs ranging from the 40's north to 70's south each day with some 80's in parts of TX on Saturday. Lows mostly from the 20's north to 50's south.
Trajectory weather: Clear today, becoming partly cloudy tonight. High in the mid-40's, low in the low 20's. Becoming mostly cloudy on Friday, high in the 20's.
Trajectory confidence: High.
OUTLOOK: *** Mild Threat *** Conditions are mostly unfavorable for pollen release today. Humidities are favorable, as are the winds. However, temperatures will reach the tolerance range for only a short while this afternoon. Given the favorable winds and humidity, a little release will probably occur but significant amounts are not expected. Residents near the Arbuckle Mountains may feel some ill effects from this source, probably few others. Pollen coming from TX will be more likely to affect those people living in this region. 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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