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Metropolitan Area |
Exposure Risk |
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Oklahoma City |
Low |
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Tulsa |
Low |
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St. Louis |
Low |
Date Issued: 3 January 2001
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Wednesday, January 3 - TX/OK/AR: High pressure area over the region today and Thursday. Variably to mostly cloudy southern TX with decreasing clouds this afternoon; clear to partly cloudy elsewhere. Winds are light to moderate. Highs today from the 30's northeast to low 50's southwest; lows tonight mostly in the 20's and 30's. No precipitation expected. Warmer on Thursday for nearly all areas.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high in the mid-30's. Clear tonight, low in the low 20's. Sunny on Thursday, high near 50.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are unfavorable for pollen release today. Temperatures will only reach the mid-30's near the source. Humidities will likely remain over 70% through the afternoon. No release expected today, with Low Risk of exposure. 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.
Questions: Aerobiology Lab e-mail: pollen@utulsa.edu
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