Travis Herzog

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- If your allergies are flaring up today, it's for good reason. Strong winds from the last two days have sent oak pollen counts soaring into record territory. Thursday morning's sample from the city of Houston came in at 7,958 oak pollen particles per cubic meter of air. That means nearly 8,000 oak pollen particles are floating around in a volume of air the size of a standard washing machine.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- With a little less than six weeks to go in the Atlantic hurricane season, how is it measuring up so far compared to the preseason outlook? Houston Chronicle Meteorologist Justin Ballard joined ABC13 Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog on Wednesday on ABC13 Weather Now to break down the numbers. To date, there have been 15 named storms with 10 of those becoming hurricanes. Of those hurricanes, Beryl, Helene, Kirk, and Milton attained major hurricane status.