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Westwood, Kansas

City in Johnson County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Westwood

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 6 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good5.5 mi
  • Ozone21Good19 ppb5.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good4.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good9.5 ppb4.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.5 ppb4.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Westwood

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
1.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Westwood, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Westwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Olathe (OJC)OJC

At an airfield/14.7 mi away/1,096 ft/148 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,079

Ku-Nesa ScanKUNK1

At a river or reservoir gauge/30.9 mi away/1,102 ft/154 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank719of 1,079

Ku-NesaS2147

At a soil climate station/30.9 mi away/1,102 ft/154 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank786of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Mission Hills 0.2 WSWKS-JO-114

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/946 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Olathe (OJC), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.7 mi from Westwood, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,400 ft; the ceiling is 4,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Olathe (OJC), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, the ceiling at 4,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OJCFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLATHE (OJC)SECTION, 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 4,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOlathe (OJC), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OJCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OJC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Olathe (OJC): temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OJCFIG. B THE AIR AT OLATHE (OJC)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,400 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLEOlathe (OJC), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OJCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OJC-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 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Olathe (OJC), north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OJCFIG. C THE WIND AT OLATHE (OJC)PLAN, 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 BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOlathe (OJC), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OJCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OJC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Olathe (OJC), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kansas City West (KCWK1), 12.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 10:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Westwood

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Westwood

River and lake gauges