Health & Fitness
Pollen Clouds Hang Over Greater Boston
With winds coming from the northeast, pollen counts along the North Shore will be high all week.
BOSTON — That green haze you saw on your morning commute was pollen, rustled up by gusty winds and steep temperature shifts, a meteorologist said.
According to Accuweather, Boston and most of its surrounding areas are in for an allergy-ridden week, with pollen counts high through at least Monday.
Winds triggered by a back door cold front swept pollen into the sky, StormTeam 5 meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon said. Some North Shore areas saw a temperature drop of about 20 degrees in the span of 10 minutes Tuesday morning, while pollen clouds hung further inland.
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The pine pollen is silly this year. Look at this pic sent to me by Grzegorz Dorman from North Billerica! 😳😳 pic.twitter.com/VsZxfFbd5i
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Showers Wednesday are expected to wash some of the pollen out of the air, Fitzgibbon said.
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