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D.C. Area Pollen, UV and Air Quality
By
Dan Stillman
| August 2, 2008; 12:00 PM ET
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Capital Weather Gang
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Posted by: Camden-CapitalWeatherGang | March 21, 2010 6:41 PM | Report abuse
Agreed. Thanks, Dan. Great idea.
Posted by: Ann-CapitalWeatherGang | March 21, 2010 7:58 PM | Report abuse
No, it's great. I am assuming the pollen count will be low tomorrow? I have seen it as predicted for higher levels than I'd think, given the rain forecasted....
Posted by: Snowlover2 | March 21, 2010 8:26 PM | Report abuse
I agree, this brings a great site up even higher.
Posted by: sally121 | March 28, 2010 9:37 AM | Report abuse
Thank guys for putting together this page!
I was a bit disappointed though that the pollen count was coming from pollen.com - I have found better pollen information from the "allergy update" section of Channel 9's webpage:
http://www.wusa9.com/weather/pollen/default.aspx
That information comes directly from the National Allergy Bureau's pollen counting station at Walter Reed.
http://www.aaaai.org/nab/index.cfm?p=allergenreport&stationid=60&datecount=03%2F25%2F2010
The difference is that pollen.com offers a prediction - which is subject to the same vulnerabilities as a weather forecast, but the NAB info is an actual pollen count so it's typically what happened yesterday.
I find it more informative to know actual pollen counts because pollen isn't just going to go away suddenly, trends over time are more important to me.
Posted by: mamory1975 | March 28, 2010 10:35 AM | Report abuse
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I love having this collection of data in one place! Hope CWG readers find this and like that Dan Stillman made a useful spot for all of us worried about UV, Pollen, and Air Quality!