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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: 17 January 2001
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Wednesday, January 17 - TX/OK/AR: Cloudy, murky, unsettled weather for today and Thursday. Ongoing precipitation this afternoon for much of TX. Precipitation has abated for parts of OK and west TX. Cloudy and cold for all areas, however. Rain (south and east) or snow (north and west) will continue for the next 24 hours with the intensity varying from location to location. Highs today 30's and 40's with some 50's south TX. Lows tonight mostly 20's and 30's.
Trajectory weather: Cloudy with fog, drizzle, and a chance of rain this afternoon. High in the 30's. Good chance of rain tonight, temps holding in the upper 30's. Rain Thursday, high in the 40's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are very unfavorable for pollen release today. Temperatures will only reach the mid-30's near the source and moisture conditions are highly unfavorable. No pollen release expected. 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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