Pollen Forecast, 7 January 2001

University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Metropolitan Area

Exposure Risk

Oklahoma City

Low

Tulsa

Low

St. Louis

Low

Date Issued: 7 January 2001

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional weather: Saturday/Sunday, January 6/7 - TX/OK/AR: Clear to partly cloudy today with no rain expected except far west TX. Warm today with highs in the 50's north to 70's south. Winds are light to moderate. A frontal system will be forming over the region tonight. Lows tonight in the 20's and 30's north and west to the 40's and 50's south and east. By Sunday.... most areas will be mostly cloudy, with a chance of rain mainly in southern and eastern TX. Cooler with highs in the 40's north to 60's south. Breezy to windy on Sunday.

Trajectory weather: Partly cloudy, high in the low 50's. Fair tonight, low in the low 40's. Partly cloudy Monday, high in the upper 50's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Low / Moderate Threat *** Mixed conditions for pollen release today. Temperatures will reach the 50 degree mark, far enough into the favorable range to support some pollen release in the afternoon. Winds are moderate to strong. Humidities will be favorable during the afternoon. Moderate Risk of exposure for residents of south-central OK and north-central TX, including the Dallas / Ft. Worth metro area. Low Risk of exposure beyond. 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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