University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast
Date Issued: 15 January 2001
Mountain Cedar location(s): Ozark Mountains, AR/MO
Regional weather: Monday, January 15 - TX/OK/AR: Unsettled weather brewing. Variably to mostly cloudy today southern areas; sunny to fair skies northern areas. Clouds will increase during the next 24 hours and rain, beginning in southern TX this afternoon, will move north tonight and Tuesday. Northern sections will have a mixture of precipitation and/or snow, starting after midnight tonight and continuing Tuesday. Highs today mostly in the 50's, lows tonight mostly 30's and 40's. Highs Tuesday 30's and 40's north, 50's and 60's south.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high in the upper 40's. Increasing clouds tonight, slight chance of rain late, low in the low 30's. Chance of rain Tuesday, possible starting as freezing rain in the morning, high in the mid-40's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are mostly unfavorable for pollen release. Temperatures will be borderline favorable during mid-afternoon. Humidities have decreased but will likely remain on the high side of the favorable range. Winds are light. Little release expected, with Low Risk of exposure. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by black star on map): Oak Grove, AR
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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