Metropolitan Area |
Exposure Risk |
Dallas / Ft. Worth |
Low |
Austin |
Moderate |
San Antonio |
Moderate |
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
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. Saturday update: current forecast on track. Dry cold front moving through the region tonight and Sunday, resulting in a few clouds and shifting winds.
Trajectory weather: Sunny today, high in the 60's. Mostly clear tonight, low in the 30's. Sunny on Monday, high near 60 west TX to 70 Rio Grande plains.
Trajectory confidence: High.
OUTLOOK: *** Moderate Threat *** Mixed conditions for pollen release today. Temperatures are cooler today over most of the Plateau. Humidities will reach the favorable range during the afternoon. Winds are light to moderate. Moderate Risk of exposure for the Edwards Plateau and much of south-central TX, including Austin and San Antonio. Low / Moderate Risk tonight and Monday for the coastal bend, Rio Grande plains, northwestward to the Midland / Odessa area of western TX. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by * on map): Austin, TX; Junction, TX; San Angelo, TX
Austin, TX
Junction, TX
San Angelo, TX
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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