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PM Update: Shower intensity, duration continues to dwindle into this evening. Summery Sunday.

Temperatures into the 80s tomorrow may begin to worsen allergies

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April 27, 2024 at 3:03 p.m. EDT
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Summerlike heat turns on tomorrow as we say goodbye to our below-average temperatures for the foreseeable future. The rain showers marking the air mass switch-flipping should continue to ease this evening — we’ll see fewer and fewer raindrops with each passing hour.

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Through tonight: Showers after dark can’t be ruled out, but they should be brief and light. Skies slowly clear, especially after midnight. Temperatures don’t dip much, mainly hovering in the low to mid-50s, as the warm front completes its passage and the atmosphere humidifies and turns slowly more summery around us. Patchy fog near and around sunrise is a good bet as southerly breezes calm with time.

Tomorrow (Sunday): Patchy fog and a few clouds should clear during the early-morning hours. Sky conditions shoot for mostly sunny during the majority of the day. A couple of late-day breezes from the southwest may gust near 20 mph, but it may be refreshing since high temperatures aim to within a few degrees of 85.

Overnight, any brief evening clouds yield to mostly clear skies overall. Somewhat sticky temperatures may only briefly bottom near 60 to the mid-60s as summerlike dew points slowly start rising nearer that level.

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Past-peak tree pollen now combining with grass pollen

I hope fellow allergy sufferers are enjoying today’s rainy rinse-out and feeling somewhat better. Heat that’s coming should allow allergens to recharge in the coming days, unfortunately. Peak tree pollen appears to be behind us, but it’s still averaging at a high level:

A fun companion to still-high tree pollen is the moderately high grass pollen. This usually peaks in May. Here is the full dashboard with the four main types of allergens, their concentration levels and specific types:

Mold levels are behaving as normal this time of year:

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