Date Issued: 3 February 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Thursday, February 3 - TX/OK: Other than some late-night / morning fog in some areas, clear to partly cloudy today and Friday. Cold front is moving through the region today with only some clouds; no precipitation expected. High pressure building in behind it. Highs mostly in the 50's and 60's today. Lows tonight ranging from the 20's to 40's. Cooler on Friday behind the front, especially in the northern sections, highs in the 40's to 60's.
Trajectory weather: Mostly clear today and tonight, high near 60, low in the upper 30's. Fair on Friday, high in the 60's.
Trajectory confidence: High.
OUTLOOK: *** Mild Threat *** Conditions are mostly favorable today; some release expected. Temperatures and humidities will be favorable for pollen release by midday. Residents of southern OK and north-central TX may feel some ill effects from today's release this afternoon or tonight. 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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