University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

Date Issued: 2 January 2001

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

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 to mostly cloudy through the forecast. High today near 30. Low tonight in the mid-10's, high Wednesday in the mid-30's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are unfavorable for pollen release today. Temperatures will only reach the upper 20's to 30 near the source. Humidities will remain high through the day. Winds are weak. No pollen release expected today with Low Risk of exposure. On Monday... conditions were quite unfavorable for pollen release as well. It's quite likely that no pollen release occurred. TK

 Trajectory Start(s) (shown by black star 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.