Date Issued: 25 January 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Monday, January 25 - TX/OK: Cold front dropping southward into the region but no significant precipitation is associated with it. Clouds ahead of a system approaching from the southwest U.S. are moving into northern sections today. Some drizzle and low clouds/fog tonight and Tuesday morning for parts of eastern and southern Texas. Highs today ranging from 30's to 50's OK...mostly 60's and 70's TX. Lows tonight 30's north....40's central....50's south.
Trajectory weather: Partly cloudy to sunny today, high in the 70's. Tonight, partly cloudy early, mostly cloudy late, low around 30. Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain Tuesday, high in the 30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Moderate Threat *** Now that we are nearing the end of the season, decreasing amounts of airborne pollen are expected. Mixed but mostly favorable conditions for pollen release today. Humidities are high in the eastern areas but well within the favorable range in central and western areas. Moderate Release expected. Airborne pollen will be moving through central Texas today......north Texas and central and western Oklahoma tonight......central and eastern Kansas, southeast Nebraska, and northwest Missouri on Tuesday. Strong vertical motion and the chance of rain should limit any potential influence of residents of Iowa Tuesday afternoon. 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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