weather forecast

in la, the weather forecaster would usually say, it's sunny, smoggy, and with whatever percentage of uv for the day. in japan, this is what we get:

3月10日17時0分発表

	きょう3/10火				あした3/11水				3/12木	3/13金	3/14土	3/15日	3/16月
花粉	非常に多い				非常に多い				非常に多い	やや多い	多い	非常に多い	非常に多い
天気	曇のち晴				晴				晴時々曇	曇のち雨	雨のち晴	晴	晴
気温	--/--				12℃/3℃				11/2	11/2	12/4	13/2	15/3

besides the hi and lo temp, we get to know how much the pollen is in the air... today was 非常に多い which means A LOT of pollen. great. no wonder i can't breath through my nose and my eyes itch like crazy.