Date Issued: 29 January 2001
Mountain Cedar location(s): Ozark Mountains, AR/MO
Regional weather: Monday, January 29 - TX/OK/AR: Rain yesterday region-wide, much of it heavy. Frontal system continues to move eastward today with windy and clearing weather in its wake. Precipitation today for AR. Rain ending other eastern sections of the region. Continued cloudy across the north today; sunny much of central TX already and clearing eastern sections. Clear to partly cloudy region-wide on Tuesday. Highs today from the 30's panhandle to 60's southern TX. Lows tonight in the 20's to 40's. Highs Tuesday in the 40's to 70's.
Trajectory weather: Cloudy today, high in the 40's. Cloudy tonight, good chance of light snow after midnight, low in the low 30's. Good chance of light snow on Tuesday, high in the mid-30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions are unfavorable for pollen release today. Rain yesterday through this morning at the source, much of it heavy. Mid-40's will be the best the temperatures can do and humidities are high. Strong winds won't make much difference. No pollen release expected today, 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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