The University of Tulsa

Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

Metropolitan Area

Exposure Risk

Oklahoma City

Low

Tulsa

Low

St. Louis MO

Low

 

Date Issued: 20 January 2007


Mountain Cedar Location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK


Regional Weather: Saturday, Jan 20. TX/OK: Winter weather continues in the region with rain, sleet, and snow in the forecast for Oklahoma and rain in Texas. The temperatures today will be in the 30s in Oklahoma and upper 30s to low 40s in Texas. Winds are light and variable across the region. There is a good chance of measurable snow fall in northern Oklahoma late this afternoon and tonight. Overnight lows will range from the upper 20s in Oklahoma to the upper 30s in Texas.

Trajectory weather: The air mass trajectories move from the Arbuckle Mountains to the northwest and loop back around to the south. The trajectories show mixed characteristics for entrainment and travel. Conditions at the source are unfavorable for pollen release with temperatures in the 30s and rain this morning.

OUTLOOK: *** Low threat *** Conditions are unfavorable pollen release.


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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