Friday, September 16, 2005

The Allergy Season

My left ear is plugged up again. This is more annoying than anything else. For whatever I think that the type of pollen in the air effects my ear. Yesterday the pollen count was low - my ear was fine. But Wednesday and today the pollen count is high - my ear is stuffed. . This is what weatherbug has to say about the pollen count.

Predominant Pollen: Ragweed, Grass and Chenopods.

Today
The amount of pollen in the air for Thursday will be falling into the very low range. The cause for the falling pollen levels is falling temperatures, rising humidity and heavy rains in the morning and evening which tend to wash pollen out of the air.

Outlook
The quantity of pollen grains in the air for Friday will be greater than today's levels in the high range. This increase is due to seasonally normal weather conditions which are favorable for the production and dispersal of pollen. If you have these allergies, tomorrow will likely be more difficult outdoors.

Allergy Fact
Ragweed pollen grains are highly sculpted and have surfaces covered with large spines. Interestingly, this menacing appearance has nothing to do with its ability to cause hay fever

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I know how annoying it is to have a plugged up ear. Last year I got a cold and had fluid in my ear and it took about a month for it to go away and it was awful. It felt like when you go swimming and get water in your ear and then you can't hear right and your own voice sounds weird to you. Sorry to hear that's happening to you! No fun! Hopefully it goes away soon!
Jen