Your allergy forecast for the first days of May

Will the pollen wreak havoc on your sinuses this week? AccuWeather's Melissa Constanzer has the answers.

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00:00 The flowers are blooming and the bees are buzzing.

00:03 However, that's not good news for your spring allergies.

00:07 It's the time of year when the pollinators are hard at work,

00:11 as they have been there with those blue skies

00:14 in Pennsylvania.

00:15 And hey, New York City, we know that as things

00:18 have warmed up this week really quickly,

00:21 things have taken off, especially tree pollen.

00:23 That's where we are staying at the high category.

00:26 In fact, there's not many places that you

00:28 can hide in the country for relief.

00:29 Let's take you to Chicago, where we're

00:32 looking pretty good for the rest of the board here.

00:34 Pretty much green lights across the board,

00:36 so low on many levels.

00:38 But it is that tree pollen that we

00:40 find that we're still stuck in the high category,

00:43 so some problematic conditions with the high pollen there.

00:47 If you head to the Northwest, we generally

00:50 get in on a little bit favorable weather.

00:52 And of course, we are keeping things cool and unsettled.

00:55 But we still have some ragweed pollen.

00:57 And the tree pollen does go up into Thursday

00:59 with a little bit more of the wind coming in from those

01:01 upcoming storm systems.

01:03 So that's what we're keeping a close eye on there.