The University of Tulsa

Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

Metropolitan Area

Exposure Risk

Oklahoma City

Low

Tulsa

Low

St. Louis MO

Low

 

Date Issued: 13 January 2007


Mountain Cedar Location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK


Regional Weather: Sat and Sun, Jan 13 and 14. TX/OK: A major winter storm and arctic cold front moving across the region this weekend. Freezing rain and sleet will occur in Oklahoma and north Texas with highs in the 20s and moderate north winds today and Sunday. The front will slowly push through central Texas dropping temperatures. Heavy rains are possible in central Texas with winds shifting to northerly during the morning and afternoon today.

Trajectory weather: The air mass trajectories move from the Arbuckle Mountains to the south both today and tomorrow. The trajectories are associated with a cold sinking air and show poor characteristics for entrainment. Conditions at the source are unfavorable for pollen release.

OUTLOOK: *** Low threat *** Conditions are unfavorable for pollen release today and Sunday.


Trajectory Start (s) (shown by black star on map): Sulfur, OK.



Prepared by: Estelle Levetin (Faculty of Biological Science, The University of Tulsa, 600 S. College, Tulsa, OK 74104). 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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