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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: 4 January 2001
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Thursday, January 4 - TX/OK/AR: Sunny and dry weather today and Friday. A weak cold front will form east of the Rockies and move through the region tonight and Friday. Only clouds with this front, the winds will shift direction, and slightly cooler temperatures will follow. Highs in the 40's to 60's today, lows mostly in the 20's and 30's tonight.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high near 50. Fair tonight, low near 30. Sunny on Friday, high in the upper 50's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are unfavorable for pollen release today. Temperatures may move into the favorable range but it will only be for a few hours this afternoon. Humidities have dropped quite slowly and remain at 60% or above at 1pm local time, out of the favorable range. Winds are light. Some release later this afternoon is possible, with pollen slowly moving east into Arkansas. 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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