The University of Tulsa

Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 3 February 2007

Mountain Cedar Location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional Weather: Saturday, Feb 3. TX/OK: Cold conditions and partly cloudy skies across the region today with temperatures in the 30s in Oklahoma. In Texas, temperatures will range from the upper 40s to the upper 50s. Winds will be variable in Oklahoma and from the south or southwest in Texas. Overnight lows will be in the upper teens and 20s in Oklahoma and the 30s in Texas.

Trajectory weather: The air mass trajectories at lowest elevations circle around southern Oklahoma and north Texas. Those at higher elevation move from the Arbuckle Mountains to the northeast and then turn east across northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. The trajectories show mixed characteristics for entrainment and travel. Conditions at the source are cold this morning and are not likely to reach the favorable range this afternoon.

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

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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