University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast
Date Issued: 2 January 2001
Mountain Cedar location(s): Ozark Mountains, AR/MO
Regional weather: Tuesday, January 2 - TX/OK/AR: Huge area of high pressure sprawls across the lower 48 with cold temperatures dominating this region. Today.... remnants of a weak front will provide enough moisture for some precipitation in western and southern TX. Cloudy most areas but fair to partly cloudy eastern sections. The High will build into the region during the next 24 hours, pushing the moisture into Mexico. Decreasing clouds most areas on Wednesday. Highs mostly in the 20's to 40's. Lows from the 10's to 30's. Warmer most areas on Wednesday.
Trajectory weather: Partly cloudy today, high in the low 20's. Increasing clouds tonight, slight chance of flurries, low near 10. Mostly cloudy Wednesday, high in the low 30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are highly unfavorable for release today. Humidities and temperatures will remain far away from the favorable ranges through the day. No pollen release is expected today. Low Risk of Exposure. On Monday..... conditions were also very unfavorable for pollen release. It's a virtual certainty that no release occurred. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by black star on map): Oak Grove, AR
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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