Forecast

The hazel and alder have finished flowering and now the ash trees are starting to bloom!

The change in the weather with rainfall at the beginning of the week has helped to wash out the remaining pollen grains from the air and from the flower catkins in many regions, so that the exceptionally strong early flowering season, which is stressful for allergy sufferers, is now coming to an end.

In the climatically favoured valleys and basins of Carinthia, the flowering of hazel and grey alder largely completed. The black alder, which is mainly widespread in central and eastern Carinthia, has also already released most of its pollen.

However, if wind conditions are favourable, hazel pollen can still be transported from climatically unfavourable locations to residential areas, where it can cause allergic reactions.

The pollen count of the ash. The ash pollen count will increase in the coming days and will trigger allergic symptoms in people who are sensitised to it.

Due to the persistently low night-time temperatures, pollen release usually only begins in the late morning hours.

Small amounts of pollen, which are generally of little allergological relevance, are currently still coming from the yewthe poplarthe elm and occasionally various willow species.

Dr Susanne Aigner