Kansas City Skycast for
The SkyCast: The Kansas City Region’s Air Quality Forecast
The SkyCast is the ozone forecast for the Kansas City region. Like a weather forecast, it tells you what conditions are most likely to be for the next day.
Meteorologists monitor a variety of conditions like temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, ceiling height, and others to bring us the SkyCast. The SkyCast is issued each afternoon by 3 p.m.
Besides the MARC Web page, you can also find the SkyCast or Ozone Alerts:
- Via e-mail (ozone alerts only)
- By subscribing to our RSS feed
- On the evening news
- In the newspaper
- Through the Workplace Initiative
- On the Web pages of many of our partners — Add it to your site
- By phoning Air Quality Information at 913/383-7557
What do the SkyCast colors mean?
The SkyCast colors let you know:
- When to take precautionary steps to protect your family’s health
- Ozone Alert day actions to help return ozone concentrations to acceptable levels
| SkyCast | Air Quality | Protect Your Health | AirQ Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Healthy | No health impacts are expected when air quality is in this range. | Everyday Actions |
| Moderate | Elevated Ozone Concentration | Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. | Everyday Actions |
| Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | Ozone
Alert (Orange) |
Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. | Ozone Alert Actions |
| Unhealthy | Ozone
Alert (Red) |
Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. | Ozone Alert Actions |
What are the current conditions?
Check out the Air Quality Index.