University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast
Date Issued: 2 February 2001
Mountain Cedar location(s): Ozark Mountains, AR/MO
Regional weather: Friday-Sunday, February 2-4 - TX/OK/AR: High pressure governing the weather during the next few days. Mostly cloudy today with a chance of rain in far south and southeast TX; clear to partly cloudy elsewhere. Dry weather region-wide Saturday and Sunday with a warming trend. Highs in the 40's and 50's today, 50's and 60's Saturday, 50's to 70's Sunday. Lows tonight from the 20's to 40's, mostly 30's and 40's Saturday night.
Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny, high in the upper 30's. Becoming partly cloudy tonight, low near 20. Becoming cloudy on Saturday with a chance of flurries late, high in the 30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Unfavorable conditions for pollen release today. Temperatures will only reach the upper 30's for highs today, well below the favorable range. Humidities will be somewhat favorable during the afternoon. Winds are light through this evening. No release expected today, with Low Risk of exposure. Some release may be possible on Saturday. Preliminary trajectories move through southern sections of MO, IL, and IN. 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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