University of Tulsa
Mountain Cedar Pollen Forecast

 

Date Issued: 4 January 1998

Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK

Regional weather: Monday, January 4 - TX/OK: Cold high pressure area in control for today. Dry except for the slight chance of a few morning flurries hill country of Texas. Highs today 30's and 40's with a few 20's northeast OK. Lows tonight mostly 20's with some 10's north and some 30's south TX. Temperatures rebounding on Tuesday as the high shifts to the east.

Trajectory weather: Mostly sunny today, high in the low 30's. Becoming mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of flurries late, low near 10. Cloudy with a chance of snow Tuesday, high in the upper 10's.

Trajectory confidence: High

OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Conditions quite unfavorable for pollen release due to the cold temperatures. Low Risk of pollen transport. 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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