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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: 15 January 2001
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
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: Partly cloudy today, high in the low 50's. Becoming cloudy with snow developing by midnight, low in the low 20's. Snow likely on Tuesday, tapering off late. High in the 20's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low / Moderate Threat *** Conditions are mixed for pollen release today. Temperatures and humidities will be favorable during the afternoon, but values for each factor won't move far into the favorable ranges. Winds are light to moderate. Moderate Risk or exposure for south-central and southwest OK.... Low Risk for other areas. 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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