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Atwood, Kansas

City in Rawlins County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Atwood

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 48 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Atwood

None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

How far you can see at Atwood, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Atwood, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Atwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AtwoodADT

At an airfield/2.4 mi away/2,966 ft/104 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank833of 1,079

US-36 - 9 mi. W of AtwoodK5ADT

Beside a road/7.8 mi away/2,973 ft/111 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Atwood 0.4 SSEKS-RA-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/2,904 ft/42 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

AtwoodATDK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/2,871 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank26of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Atwood, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from Atwood, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 4,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Atwood, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 4,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADTFIG. A THE SKY OVER ATWOODSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAtwood, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ADTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Atwood: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADTFIG. B THE AIR AT ATWOODTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,200 FTTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEAtwood, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Atwood, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADTFIG. C THE WIND AT ATWOODPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAtwood, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Atwood, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Atwood (ATDK1), 0.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

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Near Atwood

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