It’s here and it’s a bad one! One of the worst on record. The unusually cold winter is to blame for severe allergies in 2010, according to the Associated Press.
Senior meteorologist at AccuWeather John Feerick told the news provider that this “may have helped delay some of the plants from blooming as early as they may have wanted to“. He added that increased allergies can be put down to “the fact that everything is coming out all at once“.
Furthermore, high winds and stormy weather is expected to increase the spread of pollen: “We had a perfect storm this year,” Dr. William Storms, professor at University of Colorado and a clinician told the AP. “It’s the worst I’ve seen in 10 years.”
Click on the map below and your state to see the 4 day allergy forecast.
http://pollen.com/allergy-weather-forecast.asp
Ugh! I guess I better buy some zyrtec.