Spring cleaning

On the most recent MPR podcast, Jet Streaming, the weather geeks hosted allergist Dr. Richard Seveum. This interview coincides with National Air Quality week and gave us a chance to discuss the emergence of allergy season. Check out this informing program for more details.

How's the air quality today?

As the foliage blossoms, resulting from warmer temperatures, along comes the pollen and ragweed. There is a website to monitor the daily conditions across the nation and in major metropolitan areas. At least twenty-five percent of the population suffers from hay fever.

In the next twenty-four to forty-eight hours much of Minnesota will experience a flushing, so to speak, as locally heavy rain develops. Some portions of the state could get cleansed with more than an inch of rain. Already well saturated soils are likely to remain quite soggy into early next week.

Impending precipitation potential
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