The University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast
Metropolitan Area |
Exposure Risk |
|
Dallas/Fort Worth |
Low to Moderate |
|
Austin |
Moderate to High |
|
San Antonio |
Moderate to High |
Date Issued: 16 January 2008
Mountain Cedar Location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional Weather: Wednesday, Jan 16. TX/OK: A
cold front will move across the southern plains and Texas today and into Thursday. Temperatures today will be in
the mid to upper 40s in Oklahoma but dropping as the front moves through the area. Skies will be cloudy and winds
from the south, southeast shifting to the northwest as the front moves through the state. Chances of rain increase
in the afternoon and evening possibly changing to snow or light freezing rain. Highs in Texas will range from the
low 50s in the north to the low 60s in the south. Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy throughout the state with
winds light to moderate from the south but shifting to northwest tonight. Temperatures on Thursday will be much
colder throughout the region.
Trajectory weather: The air mass trajectories from the Edwards Plateau circle around central Texas with
shifting winds as the cold front begins to move across the state. Temperatures at the source are will be in the
favorable range but with high humidity in the eastern part of the Plateau. The trajectories show moderate conditions
for downwind dispersal.
OUTLOOK: *** Moderate to High Threat today ***
Moderately favorable conditions for pollen release today with conditions degrading overnight as the cold front
moves through the region.
Trajectory Start (s) (shown by *
on map): Austin, TX; Junction, TX; San Angelo, TX.
AUSTIN
JUNCTION
SAN ANGELO
Prepared by: Estelle
Levetin (Faculty of Biological
Science, The University
of Tulsa, 600 S. College, Tulsa, OK 74104) and ) 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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