Date Issued: 1 January 1999
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Friday, January 1 - TX/OK: Developing storm system moving through the region today and to the east on Saturday. Mostly cloudy north.....partly cloudy west TX....variably cloudy elsewhere today. Chance of rain and/or frozen precipitation parts of Oklahoma, chance of showers much of eastern Texas. Highs today 30's and 40's OK, 50's to 70's TX. Lows tonight 20's and 30's north and west, 40's and 50's south and east. Clearing and cooler on Saturday behind the system, highs in the 20's and 30's OK, mostly 40's and 50's TX.
Trajectory weather: Cloudy with a good chance of rain or drizzle today, high in the mid 40's. Rain likely, changing to sleet or snow later and then rain again before ending towards morning. Low in the upper 20's. Gradual clearing on Saturday, high in the 50's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions unfavorable for pollen release today and Saturday. Both temperatures and humidities are out of the favorable range for release, humidities markedly so. Rain is expected as well. Moisture levels will remain high on Saturday and temperatures won't get out of the 30's. It will remain cold on Sunday also. Very Low Risk of pollen release today ...... Saturday.....and Sunday. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by green dot on map): Sulfur, Oklahoma
Prepared by: Thomas Keever (Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NCSU), Estelle Levetin (Faculty of Biological Science, The University of Tulsa, 600 S. College, Tulsa, OK 74104), and C.E. Main (Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7618). 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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