Date Issued: 31 January 1998
Mountain Cedar location(s): Arbuckle Mountains, OK
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: Cloudy today and tonight, high in the upper 40's, low near 40. Fog possible late. Cloudy on Monday, high in the upper 40's.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low Threat *** Pollen release is dropping in some areas now that the end of the season draws near. Mostly unfavorable conditions for pollen release today. Cool temperatures at midday with high humidities present, and the source area received some rain on Saturday. Low Risk of pollen release or 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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