Date Issued: 13 January 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Wednesday, January 13 - TX/OK: Partly cloudy to sunny west and deep south TX....otherwise cloudy. Colder, especially northern areas. Chance of showers south-central and eastern TX as front that formed yesterday moves through the region. Highs today 30's and 40's OK....50's west TX...60's and 70's south and east TX. Lows tonight 20's OK and west TX....30's and 40's elsewhere.
Trajectory weather: Today...partly cloudy western sections. Morning clouds/fog eastern and central sections, becoming partly cloudy and breezy in the afternoon. Chance of isolated showers eastern trajectory out of Austin. Highs in the upper 50's west, low 60's east. Variably cloudy tonight and Thursday, low in the 40's, high in the low 60's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** SERIOUS Threat *** Mostly favorable conditions on the Plateau today. Temperatures are cooler than yesterday but will still be well into the favorable range during the afternoon. Significant release expected. Airborne pollen will be travelling south today. People living in the following areas are most likely to be affected by today's release: the southern Edwards Plateau.....Texas hill country...south-central Texas....and the Rio Grande Plains. This includes the cities of Del Rio, San Antonio, Crystal City, Laredo....plus other nearby areas. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by green dot on map): Austin, TX; Junction, TX; San Angelo, TX
Austin, TX
Junction, TX
San Angelo, TX
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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