Archive: Health
Attack of the Autumn Allergies
Wx and the City * Wind Advisory Today: Full Forecast | Winter Weather Hype is Here * Image of ragweed pollen. Courtesy American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Sniff, sniff (cough). Achoo! (Rub eyes.) Sniff, sniff (blow nose). Achoo!...
By Ann Posegate | October 7, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (7)
Sleeping Through Sunlight: Not a Success
Wx and the City * Real Heat? Full Forecast | NatCast | Rethinking Hurricane Forecast * Photo courtesy UCAR "This is getting ridiculous," I think, cursing the solstice as I awake around 5:30 a.m. when the first hues of orange...
By Ann Posegate | August 5, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (10)
Sun Safety: Don't Fry Day Friday
* Holiday Forecast & BeachCast | NatCast | CWG Summer Outlook * Move over, Sun Day. Make way for Fry Day Don't Fry Day. Today marks the launch of Don't Fry Day, a campaign for sun safety awareness organized by...
By Ann Posegate | May 22, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
Will Summer Weather Suppress Swine Flu?
* Full Forecast | An Imperfect Temperature Forecast * Laboratory image of the swine flu virus. Courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Bring on the heat -- and the humidity. Bad hair days may be just what the doctor...
By Ann Posegate | May 6, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (5)
Thunderstorms and Asthma: A New link
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate If you're planning on exercising outdoors anytime soon, you may want to do so in the morning. For one, air quality (particulate and ozone levels) is worse in the evening hours, after building...
By Capital Weather Gang | July 16, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (5)
