The University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast
Metropolitan Area |
Exposure Risk |
Oklahoma City |
Low |
Tulsa |
Low |
St. Louis MO |
Low |
Date Issued: 3 January 2008
Mountain Cedar Location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional Weather: Thursday, January 3 TX/OK: The
weather today and tomorrow will be relatively mild but is coming off of a very cold night, thus it will take some
time to warm up. Cloudy skies across Oklahoma today will begin to decrease, however along the Texas border to the
south this morning will see periods of freezing rain and sleet. Conditions in Oklahoma will be cool today with
temperatures across Oklahoma to get into the mid 40s. Winds across the region will be strong and from the south
at 15 to 20 mph during the day and overnight. Skies will be mostly cloudy overnight with temperatures hovering
around the freezing mark. Tomorrow during the day and into tomorrow night skies will remain partly cloudy but temperatures
will rise into the mid to lower 50s and will stay relatively steady over Friday night into Saturday. Winds will
remain moderate to strong, 15 to 20 mph from the south, tomorrow into Saturday. In Texas, temperatures today will
be in the lower to mid 50s across the Edwards Plateau and in the surrounding communities. Areas on the Plateau
have up to a 20% chance of precipitation this morning. Winds across central Texas will be moderate to strong, 10/20
to 25/30 mph on the Edwards Plateau decreasing to 10/15 along the Plateau edge. Winds will be from the south to
southeast region wide. Overnight the skies will be partly to mostly cloudy with fog developing overnight. Temperatures
will be in the mid to upper 30s and low 40s over the region. Winds will remain moderate to strong and from the
south. Friday will be partly cloudy over the Plateau and along the edge communities from Austin to San Antonio
with fog in the morning. Temperatures will warmer with highs in the upper 50s and lower to mid 60s across the Edwards
Plateau and along the eastern and southern edge communities. Winds will remain moderate to strong from the south.
Low temperatures overnight on Friday will be warmer with many areas in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
Trajectory weather: The air mass trajectories move from the Arbuckle Mountains northward over central Oklahoma
and into Kansas. Conditions are cold at the source this morning with a chance of freezing rain and sleet. Wind
characteristics show sinking atmospheric conditions suggesting poor characteristics for entrainment of any pollen
that is released. Weather conditions make for a forecast of poor pollen release and entrainment from the Arbuckle
Mountains population today with some improvement tomorrow. The trajectories from the Edwards Plateau also move
due north across central Oklahoma onto Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa towards the upper mid-west.
OUTLOOK: *** Low threat today; Poor pollen release conditions in Oklahoma, Poor
to moderate pollen release conditions in Texas *** Temperatures will be very
low this morning, with partly cloudy skies today and a chance of sleet and freezing rain over the Oklahoma Juniperus
ashei populations. Overall poor pollen release conditions are expected in southern Oklahoma today. Conditions are
somewhat better further south over the Edwards Plateau. Throughout the region, moderate to strong winds will be
steady from the south for the next couple of days. In Texas, conditions are moderate to poor for pollen release
today with conditions potentially improving tomorrow.
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) and Peter K Van de Water
(Department of Earth and Environmental Science, California State University Fresno, 2576 East San Ramon Avenue,
M/S ST24, Fresno CA 93740-8039). 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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