I can WELL attest to that--my neighbor's black car is now a greenish-yellow (I can guess what he'll be doing this weekend!! :-D)
The pollen is so bad here in the DC area (WOW! IT shows up on radar!!) that I had to go to my allergist yesterday and get my allergy medication upgraded, as what I was taking was being overwhelmed by all the pollen. I can now report that the Allegra I'm now taking is helping LOTS!! No more burning, itching eyes and skin and no more sinus headache!! (Makes my family happy--I'm a grouch when I have a headache!! ;-D)
I suspect that the trees, the ones doing the major pollinating right now, are making up for lost time, as we had a very wet spring--two weeks ago we were wondering what the Sun was--and, possibly, because of the drought we had last year--now the trees are making up for lost time. Just a hypothesis.
Sharon L. Kimbleton
Lanham, MD (an eastern suburb of Washington, DC)
MWCR Wx Station #17572
skakim{at}mindspring.com
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kimbleton_s{at}bls.gov
http://polaris.umuc.edu/~skimblet/
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Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 1:42 AM
Subject: [WEATHERFUN] pollen so thick it's on radar
Hello everyone,
One of the bad things about spring is pollen. It has been so thick, it
actually shows up on radar. A Washington DC tv meteorologist
suggested that the pollen was on radar Monday in the advance of a
frontal passage.The pollen was noted several hours before the rain
reached the area. Only a .10" of rain fell here, and a few hundredths in
the Washington DC area.
Anyway the pollen is still noted tonight on the radar screen. Their is a
light southeast breeze, humidity about 45%, and nary a cloud in the sky.
The image was from 7pm Wed & is a radar still from Sterling (Wash DC)
and from the Intellicast site.
http://pix.egroups.com/attach/429973/369/gs-42=99=429973/10-1-10-19/image=jpeg/snapshot.jpg
Locally, the pollen count in my hometown was 2248 Monday, & 1520
Tuesday. The pollen count was not broadcast by the local radio station
the last couple days , so i have to wait a day for the new readings from
the newspaper. Although high, the largest # i seen was in the 9000 range
several years ago.
With the taste of 80 degrees upon us again, the walnut tree is the last
tree to begin blooming in my yard. [Others began as early as Feb].
http://pix.egroups.com/attach/429973/370/gs-42=99=429973/10-1-10-19/image=jpeg/snapshot.jpg
The temp rose to 77 from a morning low of 45 on Wed. There was a few
wisps of cirrus, but otherwise cloudless.
The first heat wave of the season is due this weekend. Temperatures are
forecast to be near 90 from Sat to Mon. That will coincide with our
annual spring ritual, the Shenadoah Apple Blossom Festival, that
includes the world's longest Firefighter's Parade, the nations 3rd
longest Grand Feature Parade [only behind Macys & Tournament of Roses]
The 1st events began Wed and the bulk happen Fri - Sun. A quarter
million people will visit, and no motel rooms are available within 40
miles. More details can be seen at the festival's website
http://www.sabf.org or at the local newspaper
http://www.winchesterstar.com (& type in "apple blossom" in the search
engine for more detailed reports.
Steve Minghini Winchester (nw) VA
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