The University of Tulsa

Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 6 February 2007

Mountain Cedar Location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional Weather: Tues and Wed, Feb 6 and 7. TX/OK: Clear to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures will be in place today across Oklahoma and Texas. Daytime highs will be the upper 60s to low 70s with moderate southwest to gusty winds. Night time lows will range from the low 30s to the low 50s. On Wednesday another cold front moves thorough Oklahoma dropping temperatures back into the 40s with moderate northeast winds and partly cloudy skies. Temperatures in Teas will remain warm on Wednesday with highs in the 60s and 70s and partly cloudy skies and southerly winds.

Trajectory weather: The air mass trajectories move from the Arbuckle Mountains to the northeast and then curve to the east. The trajectories show good characteristics for entrainment and travel. Conditions at the source will be favorable for pollen release. Trajectories on Wednesday begin move to the southwest and show moderate characteristics for entrainment and travel. Conditions at the source will be much colder but still in the favorable range.

OUTLOOK: *** High threat today/Moderate tomorrow *** Favorable conditions for 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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