Allergies & Pollen for Lafayette, Indiana
Discussion
The amount of pollen in the air for Wednesday will be falling but will remain in the high range. This change results in part from rising humidity, weakening winds and expected precipitation in the morning and evening which tends to wash pollen out of the air. With this amount of reduction in pollen levels, tomorrow should be better for allergy sufferers.
Allergy Facts
Technicians must learn to identify dozens of pollen grain types under their microscopes in order to report a pollen count. The number of different plant species which produce these pollen grains adds up to be hundreds. Many different plants produce similar-looking pollen.