Allergies & Pollen Count for Philadelphia/Northeast Philadelphia Arpt, Pennsylvania
Discussion
Based on past pollen counts and expected weather conditions, pollen levels for Thursday will be falling and will remain in the extremely low range. The cause for the falling pollen levels is rising humidity and expected precipitation in the morning, afternoon and evening which tends to wash pollen out of the air.
Allergy Facts
In people with normal immune systems, no reaction occurs when pollen lands on the mucous membrane of the eyes, nose, throat or lungs. But in those people with a malfunctioning immune system, the protein in the pollen sets off an allergic response that causes the symptoms of hayfever.