The weather may feel California-like, but allergy-sufferers probably are well aware that they are living in the vicinity of Penn's Woods.
Tree-pollen counts this morning were "extreme," according to the Asthma Center, with over 2,606 grains detected as passing through a cubic meter of air in Philadelphia during the previous 24 hours.
That's nowhere near a record, but to put that total in some perspective, it was better than 2.5 times higher than the threshold for "extreme."
In addition, the grasses were listed as "very high."
Without even a mention of showers until Friday night, it should be a wonderful week for plant reproduction, and tissue sales.