Pollen Forecast, 11 January 2001

University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Metropolitan Area

Exposure Risk

Oklahoma City

Low

Tulsa

Low

St. Louis

Low

Date Issued: 11 January 2001

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional weather: Thursday, January 11 - TX/OK/AR: Weak high pressure moving into the region in the wake of the departing storm system. Clouds and/or fog over much of the region this morning. Becoming sunny to partly cloudy west and south, continued cloudy today north and east. Chance of precipitation this morning in the eastern sections, all day in AR. Highs mostly in the 40's to 60's, lows tonight mostly 30's and 40's. Some fog possible tonight, sunny to partly cloudy on Friday.

Trajectory weather: Mostly cloudy today, high in the mid-40's. Becoming clear tonight, low in the mid-30's. Becoming partly cloudy on Friday, high in the 50's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are unfavorable for pollen release today. Temperatures will be borderline at best. Winds are light. Humidities are still very high at midday, and rain occurred over the source region yesterday. No pollen release expected, 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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