Pollen Forecast, 24 January 2000

University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 24 January 2000

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

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: Considerable high cloudiness today, high near 50. Partly cloudy tonight, low in the 20's. Partly to mostly sunny on Tuesday, high in the 50's.

Trajectory confidence: High.

OUTLOOK: *** Mild Threat *** Conditions are mixed and mostly unfavorable for pollen release today. Humidities have become favorable by late morning. However, temperatures are still in the 35-40 degree range at noon. The favorable range will probably be reached but for only a few hours this afternoon. Winds are fairly light as well. Some small amounts of pollen will be released. Residents of central and perhaps northeast OK may feel some 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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