Date Issued: 8 February 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Tuesday, February 8 - TX/OK: Cloudy along the TX coast this morning, otherwise clear to partly cloudy across the region and that will continue through Wednesday. Some late-night or early morning clouds/fog may regenerate in some areas tonight. Warm today and Wednesday. Becoming breezy to windy on Wednesday for many areas. Highs today in the 60's and 70's warming to mostly 70's on Wednesday. Lows tonight from the 30's to 50's.
Trajectory weather: Sunny today, high in the 70's. Partly cloudy tonight, low in the 30's. Partly sunny on Wednesday, high near 60.
Trajectory confidence: High.
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** We are nearing the end of the season so there is little pollen available for release. Conditions are favorable for pollen release. Temperatures and humidities are well within the tolerance zones. Winds are light. Some light release may occur. Residents living due north of the source in central OK may be affected by 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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