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Lawson Heights, Pennsylvania

Community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Lawson Heights

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Johnstown (PA), 25 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good6.2 mi
  • Ozone4Good25 ppb6.2 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lawson Heights

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lawson Heights, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Lawson Heights, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lawson Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Latrobe 0.2 NEPA-WT-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,026 ft/72 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Latrobe/Westmorland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.6 mi from Lawson Heights, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:47 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 4,300 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 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 4,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONBKN 4,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,300 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-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Latrobe/Westmorland: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 17 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 Latrobe/Westmorland, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 17 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 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, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR 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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Laughlintown 1SE (RRFP1), 10.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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