INTERVIEW – SUSAN KOSISKY – allergy expert and chief microbiologist for the U.S. Army Centralized Allergen Extract Laboratory – discussed how bad pollen will get this season.

• ‘Pollen Tsunami’ in the forecast for spring, doctors say
• Eyes watering? Throat itching? Can’t breathe? Yep — pollen topped 2,000 Tuesday.
• Peak pollen started over the weekend when sunshine, warm temperatures and a breeze brought the trees out. The pollen count “soared to 1924.60 grains/cubic meter,” which is very high for the Washington region, according to Susan Kosinsky, chief microbiologist at the U.S. Army Centralized Allergen Extract Lab.