The rains Friday cleared a lot of the cedar pollen out of the air (despite today’s moderate reading via KVUE above), and the rains forecast for this week, starting Monday, should complete the process. I’m still sneezing occasionally, possibly from pollen drawn into the rancho’s heating system. Normal enough. Another week should do it. Then it’s adios cedar fever for another year. Good riddance.
Not quite enough to completely clear the air of cedar/juniper pollen. But I had a snootfull yesterday, and it eased when it started raining at the rancho after dark. Quit overnight, unfortunately. But the weather service says more is possible for Thursday night.
Thank God, rain is finally in the forecast, scheduled to start Tuesday night and continue for a few days. Something has to get this cedar pollen out of the air. For two weeks now I haven’t been able to go outside or get near anyone who has been without a long bout of sneezing, watering eyes and running nose. Bleh.
I go out only when I have to, such as when picking up Mr. B. from school in the afternoon, but otherwise… KVUE’s pollen counter Illona Torok explains:
"Another day, another huge jump in the Cedar pollen. Close to 5000 grains were counted today. A weak cold front will kick up the winds today, further increasing levels for Friday…"
Sure be glad when this is over. Good thing I have a Neti pot to clear my nose and sinuses.
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Posted in Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate
Tagged allergies, cedar fever, Central Texas, KVUE pollen count, Neti Pot
Looks like I can go out to the lake tomorrow and check on the family sloop. KVUE, the only news outfit in town that makes its own allergy readings, found cedar pollen in decline today, rated low. Even without a rain shower to clear the air. My eyes have been itching for a week now, nose stuffed and sneezes coming and going–sure signs of cedar fever. So I was trying to stay home and inside. Be nice to get out.
UPDATE I didn’t make it because my nose is still running and my eyes still hurt from the pollen in the air. The pollen counters must have missed a few million grains in the annual juniper mating ritual. Patrician Sharp says the malaise is supposed to be over in a week, but, as usual, mine is hanging on. Nature’s hazing ritual for Texans, indeed.
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Posted in Rancho Roly Poly, Sailing, Weather/Climate
It’s sixty-two degrees outside el rancho, the warmest night in weeks, and this is just the beginning, according to the folks at the National Weather Service. Courtesy of a northwesterly flow of good Gulf moisture which has the humidity in the seventies. Tomorrow, the temperature is supposed to be in the mid-seventies and broaching eighty degrees by Sunday afternoon. Even a cold front due through Monday night isn’t expected to cool things off much. Of course, Alan-the-Seablogger doesn’t expect it will last long. But a week to ten days of it will be a nice change.
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This has been the coldest fall I remember in Central Texas. I can remember Christmas eves and days in the 70s. Not this year. But, after a bitterly cold New Year’s Day, according to LCRA meteorologist Bob Rose, we could be in for a nice change:
"Most recent long-range data indicates the month of January will be unseasonably mild and generally dry," Bob reports in his latest forecast, for which there is, alas, no permalink.
Sounds wonderful. If I wanted to have a cold winter, after all, I would move where the winters are cold.
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