Pine Pollen Season Peaks in Triangle

0:00It's March 28th. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Derm News Today, your AI-powered local news. If your eyes looking like it got dipped and mustard, and your eyes are straight itching, yo, pine pollen seasons hitting the triangle hard right now, we're talking peak levels expected around March 30th, then tapering off by early April, says Robert Barden from NC State. This yellow dust from pines is everywhere, coating cars and streets like fake snow. Later this week on March 23rd, pollen counts smashed into very high territory at 1,450 grains per cubic meter, though. First time this year. It was so thick, National Weather Service radar picked it up like a solid yellow sheet moving through the air. Allergy folks in the area are feeling it deep, with sneezes, itchy throats, and watery eyes ramping up as tree pollen season officially kicks off in. March and bills to its April high. But it's not just the visible yellow stuff. Juniper, cedar, cypress, elm, and maple pollens are mixing in two, staying sneaky even

1:02after the dust, settles. To fight back, hit the outdoors later in the day when plants chill on pumping out pollen and crack those windows at night instead of daytime. For real time updates, email DEQ's air quality division at that asked ambient address for daily breakdowns by tree type. Hang tight though, release on the horizon as pine levels drop soon, but keep those meds handy for the full tree pollen waves still rolling through there. Next few weeks.