University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast
Date Issued: 16 January 2001
Mountain Cedar location(s): Ozark Mountains, AR/MO
Regional weather: Tuesday, January 16 - TX/OK/AR: Storm system in place over the region, fed by upper-atmospheric energy coming out of the U.S. Southwest. Clouds nearly everywhere with fog, drizzle, rain, or snow depending on your location. Bad weather will continue tonight and Wednesday. Highs today mostly 30's to 50's, lows tonight mostly 20's to 40's.
Trajectory weather: Becoming cloudy with a chance of snow today, high in the mid-30's. Snow likely tonight, low in the low 30's. Cloudy with a chance of snow on Wednesday, high in the 30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are unfavorable for pollen release. Temperatures and humidities are far outside the tolerance ranges and precipitation is ongoing. No 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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