Date Issued: 28 January 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
Regional weather: Thursday, January 28 - TX/OK: Low pressure system located in the middle of the region today, moving slowly eastward during the next few days. Snow/ice likely panhandle areas.....rain likely north TX and OK.....good chance of showers/thunderstorms south and east TX. Highs ranging from 30's panhandles to 70's south and east TX. Rain likely tonight and Friday most areas....snow northwest. Lows tonight ranging from 30's north and west to 60's TX coast. Highs on Friday 30's northwest.....to 70's southeast TX.
Trajectory weather: Cloudy with rain developing today. Highs in the upper 50's in the morning and dropping throughout the day. Rain changing to snow this evening with snow continuing into Friday. Low tonight in the upper 20's, high Friday in the low 30's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Pollen release is dropping in some areas now that the end of the season draws near. Unfavorable conditions for pollen release. Temperatures are dropping and will be in the unfavorable range by early afternoon. Humidities are high and rain is likely by midday. Some very slight pollen release is possible in the late morning due to moderate winds and temps in the 50's......but the effects should be negligible. 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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