Date Issued: 31 January 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Sunday, January 31 - TX/OK: Low pressure area is finally moving to the east. Some lingering drizzle in northeast OK today.....otherwise dry. Cloudy many northern areas, partly to variably cloudy elsewhere. Highs today 30's and 40's north, 50's and 60's south. Lows tonight mostly in the 30's and 40's.
Trajectory weather: Partly cloudy today, high in the low to mid-60's. Partly cloudy tonight, low in the 30's. Partly cloudy on Monday, high in the 50's.
Trajectory confidence: High.
OUTLOOK: *** Mild Threat *** Now that we are nearing the end of the season, decreasing amounts of airborne pollen are expected. Mixed conditions for pollen release today. No rain on Saturday but the amount of drying is debatable. Some pollen release is probable during the afternoon hours. Areas with the potential to be affected include the Edwards Plateau and south-central TX today......southern and western sections of north TX tonight......and southern and southeast OK on Monday. 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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