Navigating Allergies and Weather: Your Guide for September 4th

Can you enjoy the sunny, crisp weather while managing your allergies effectively? Today, meteorologist Steve Pelletier takes you on a journey through the weather patterns dominating this Wednesday, September 4th, offering valuable advice for those suffering from grass and ragweed pollen. With a high-pressure system stretching from the Dakotas to the East Coast, we'll explore the implications for allergy sufferers and provide practical tips to help you make the most of the beautiful yet challenging conditions. Plus, get a detailed forecast for the Northeast, promising gorgeous, sunny days and refreshing cool nights.

On a national level, Steve unpacks the broader weather picture, including potential travel disruptions in Houston, Salt Lake City, and New Orleans due to showers and thunderstorms. Meanwhile, the West Coast and the Northeast enjoy smooth sailing with minimal weather-related delays. Whether you're planning a local outing or a cross-country trip, this episode equips you with essential information to navigate the days ahead seamlessly. Tune in for an engaging update that blends weather insights with practical advice, ensuring you're well-prepared for whatever Mother Nature has in store.

Transcript

Speaker 0: 0:00

Hi, this is meteorologist Steve Pelletier and I'm the weatherman. Thanks for checking into theweathermanpodcom on your Wednesday. It is the fourth day of September, a month that usually gives us some beautiful weather across the Northeast, and despite the fact that there's a gigantic high-pressure system that extends from the Dakotas right through the Great Lakes, the central Mississippi River Valley right to the eastern seaboard, our biggest problem, of course, is with those folks who suffer from heat fever or from pollen and ragweed, and that's a problem that's going to continue for at least the next couple of weeks. When you have rainy situations, it usually cleanses out the atmosphere and you have an east wind along the eastern seaboard that'll also start to block it off and drop down the ragweed and also the other pollens. But just taking a look across the nation for your Tuesday, as far as grass pollen is concerned, it's actually very high all across New Jersey, pennsylvania, southeast New York, most of New England except for Maine and northern portions of New Hampshire and Vermont, and of course, right across the Ohio and the Tennessee Valley right in through the central Mississippi River Valley. That's for grass pollen Also. That ragweed pollen is still a big problem and extends all across. Just imagine going from central Montana down across to Utah into northern Texas, eastward right through the Carolinas and back up into central and northern New England. That's where the ragweed is going to continue to be very high today, probably Thursday and Friday as well. Maybe some relief for a while on Saturday because there'll be some showers and a cold front moving through. Then we'll write back into the pollen situation as we head towards Sunday and next week.

Speaker 0: 1:35

So make sure if you're going to be outdoors, make sure you take some of those medication to keep the at least the effects of all that pollen or the effects of the allergies to a minimum. Just take it slow and easy. Try to enjoy the nice weather and nice weather we do have. From DC up to the Boston area it's going to be bright and sunny with high temperatures on Wednesday about 80 degrees, nighttime lows down into the 50s, a few spots in Pansy and New York State, in the Finger Lakes areas and even into New England we'll be down into the 40s, between 40 and 45, central and northern New England, up in the Adirondacks also and also in sections of the eastern Great Lakes also. That temperature trend at nighttime on the cooler side in the 40s and lower 50s, daytime on Thursday and Friday. Both days temperatures will reach to near 80 degrees. Dry weather for the northeast and looking at some pretty good weather conditions for next week, but we do have some showers due for Saturday. I'll clean out the atmosphere a little bit and then back to sunny weather. Sunday, monday and Tuesday of next week Using an airline system across the nation, basically because of high pressure, from the Great Lakes into Chicago and to Atlanta, the Carolinas and New York.

Speaker 0: 2:43

Newark and the Boston area looks pretty good, no problems as far as weather is concerned, causing some delays Houston area still having showers and some thunderstorms, so there will be some delays there. Also looking at Salt Lake City with the possibility of some weather delays Also into eastern sections of Montana. The western Dakotas, with that next cold front moving through the west coast, still dry, from San Diego all the way up to Portland and Seattle, so no problems expected there. Central and south Florida also scattered showers and some thunderstorms. New Orleans also with showers and thunderstorms during the daytime on Wednesday. That'll continue on Thursday as well, but high pressure is the main feature across the northeast. So aviation-wise the weather is going to be at a minimum for causing any delays, any delays because of equipment or for scheduling or any other problems that might be encountered in our aviation system. Either way, it looks like some great weather. Hope you enjoy it. I'll be back first thing tomorrow. Hope you have a great day on your Wednesday. Talk to you first thing tomorrow. Take care.