August 2003

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	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
					1	2	3
Pollens					Low 1.3 Grass, Nettle and Plantain	Low 1.1 Grass, Nettle and Plantain	Medium 4.1 Grass, Nettle and Plantain
Molds					Moderate 7,721 Ascospores, Basidiospores
	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Pollens	Low 3.2 Grass, Nettle and Plantain	Low 1.6 Grass, Nettle and Plantain	Low 2.0 Grass, Nettle and Plantain	Low 3.4 Ragweed and Grass	Low 2.7 Ragweed and Grass	Low 2.9 Ragweed and Grass	Low 2.9 Ragweed and Grass
Molds	High 15,607 Ascospores, Basidiospores	High 17,250 Ascospores, Cladosporium	High 26,706 Ascospores, Basidiospores	High 14,999 Ascospores, Cladosporium	Moderate 9,721 Ascospores, Basidiospores
	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Pollens	Medium 5.0 Ragweed and Grass	Low 3.2 Ragweed and Grass	Medium 6.4 Ragweed and Grass	High 8.2 Ragweed, Grass and Nettle	High 8.3 Ragweed, Grass and Nettle	High 8.3 Ragweed, Grass and Nettle	Medium 6.8 Ragweed, Grass and Nettle
Molds	High 15,200 Ascospores, Basidiospores	High 36,964 Ascospores, Basidiospores	Moderate 11,171 Ascospores, Basidiospores	High 20,786 Ascospores, Basidiospores	High 23,278 Ascospores, Basidiospores
	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Pollens	Medium 7.6 Ragweed, Grass and Nettle	High 9.5 Ragweed, Grass and Nettle	High 10.1 Ragweed, Grass and Nettle	High 10.1 Ragweed, Sagebrush/Sage and Grass.	High 10.7 Ragweed, Sagebrush/Sage and Grass.	High 10.6 Ragweed, Sagebrush/Sage and Grass.	High 10.6 Ragweed, Sagebrush/Sage and Grass.
Weeds	Moderate 11,336 Ascospores, Basidiospores	High 17,927 Ascospores, Basidiospores	Moderate 12,321 Ascospores, Basidiospores	High 15,778 Ascospores, Basidiospores	High 14,179 Ascospores, Basidiospores
	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Pollens	High 9.1 Ragweed, Sagebrush/Sage and Grass.	High 8.8 Ragweed, Sagebrush/Sage and Grass.	High 10.4 Ragweed, Sagebrush/Sage and Grass.	High 10.8 Ragweed, Grass and Sagebrush/ Sage	High 10.1 Ragweed, Grass and Sagebrush/ Sage	High 9.8 Ragweed, Grass and Sagebrush/ Sage	High 9.1 Ragweed, Grass and Sagebrush/ Sage
Molds	Low 4,524 Ascospores Basidiospores	Moderate 6,900 Ascospores, Basidiospores	not available	Moderate 8,708 Ascospores, Cladosporium	Low 5,958 Ascospores Basidiospores

About Pollen Levels

LOW: Pollen levels between 0 and 4.0 tend to affect very few individuals among the allergy-suffering public.

MEDIUM: Pollen levels between 4.1 and 8.0 will likely cause symptoms for many individuals who suffer from allergies to the predominant pollen types of the season.

HIGH: Pollen levels between 8.1 and 12.0 tend to affect most individuals who suffer from the pollen types of the season. Symptoms may become more severe during days with high pollen levels.

About Mold Levels

Absent:	0	These definitions are from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology and allow comparison between sites across the country.They are based on ecological measurements, not health effects. However, assuming dose/response relationships are the same across the country, the definitions are probably more appropriate than a definition based on local numbers. This does mean that, for some stations, some categories will never be high.
Low:	1 - 6499
Moderate:	6500 - 12999
High:	13000 - 49999
Very High:	>50000

If the count falls within this category:	Allergy sufferers who are allergic to these pollens or molds may experience symptoms of hay fever or asthma.
Absent	No symptoms.
Low	Only individuals extremely sensitive to these pollens and molds will experience symptoms.
Moderate	Many individuals sensitive to these pollens and molds will experience symptoms.
High	Most individuals with any sensitivity to these pollens and molds will experience symptoms.
Very High	Almost all individuals with any sensitivity at all to these pollens and molds will experience symptoms. Extremely sensitive people could have severe symptoms.