Date Issued: 24 January 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Monday, January 24 - TX/OK: High pressure dominating the weather for the most part. Cloudy today for the northern sections with variable cloudiness in parts of south and west TX. Fair other areas. The next cold front will push through the region tonight, bringing in cooler temps and drier air. No rainfall expected with this front. Highs today ranging from the the 40's north to 70's south. Cooler on Tuesday, highs from the 30's north to 70's south. Lows tonight mostly in the 20's to 40's.
Trajectory weather: Fair today, high in the 60's. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, low in the 30's, high in the 60's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Serious Threat *** Conditions are favorable for pollen release today. Temperatures and humidities have reached the favorable ranges at midday. Strong release expected. Residents of central and northern TX may feel some ill effects from today's release.... mainly tonight and Tuesday. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by * on map): Austin, TX; Junction, TX; San Angelo, TX
Austin, TX
Junction, TX
San Angelo, TX
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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