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Laurel Mountain, Pennsylvania

Borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Laurel Mountain

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Johnstown (PA), 16 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good16 mi
  • Ozone6Good3 ppb16 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Laurel Mountain

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.78 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
0.78in

Visibility

How far you can see at Laurel Mountain, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Laurel Mountain, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Laurel Mountain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Quarry TrailQTRP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.8 mi away/2,749 ft/1,334 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank339of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Ligonier 1.2 EPA-WT-55

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/1,417 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Latrobe/Westmorland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.4 mi from Laurel Mountain, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,500 ft, broken at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Latrobe/Westmorland, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBEFIG. A THE SKY OVER LATROBE/WESTMORLANDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 7,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELatrobe/Westmorland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LBETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Latrobe/Westmorland: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBEFIG. B THE AIR AT LATROBE/WESTMORLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLELatrobe/Westmorland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LBETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Latrobe/Westmorland, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBEFIG. C THE WIND AT LATROBE/WESTMORLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELatrobe/Westmorland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LBETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Laughlintown 1SE (RRFP1), 1.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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

Near Laurel Mountain

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

Near Laurel Mountain

River and lake gauges