Temperature
70 F at 12 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field), Tennessee
Medium airport in Hamilton County, Tennessee70°
84°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Calm 1 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 21 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 84° today.
Now. Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) is 70° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 68): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:13 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
68Air quality
90%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8464
17%
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6349
10%
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6743
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6943
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7246
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7548
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7750
UV 7
70°
84°64°
63°49°
67°43°
69°43°
72°46°
75°48°
77°50°
As of 1:00 AM in Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field), Tennessee.
Air quality
The air at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)
Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Chattanooga (TN), 9 miles off.
68Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate5.3 mi
- Ozone25Good22 ppb4.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 80YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
- 42SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 55, moderate, Fri 9 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field), the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CHA
- ICAO
- KCHA
- IATA
- CHA
- Field elevation
- 683 ft
- Serves
- Chattanooga
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- CHA
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 7,400 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 17° / 197° | Calm | Calm |
| 15 / 33 | 5,575 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Chattanooga/Lovell (CHA), Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)'s own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 67 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 4 PM Thursday to 97% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 41 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
0 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,000 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,000ft
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 16
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Chattanooga/Lovell: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field), how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/689 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Prentice Cooper State ForestPCFT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.3 mi away/1,916 ft/1,233 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chattanooga 5.2 SETN-HL-71
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/694 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Within City LimitsLKMT1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/2,021 ft/1,338 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Within City Limits (LKMT1), 8.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Tennessee
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
BristolcityChattanoogacityCherokee National ForestfeatureClarksvillecityColumbiacityCookevillecityCrossvillecityCumberland PlateaufeatureDyersburgcityGatlinburgcityGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkfeatureJacksoncityJohnson CitycityKingsportcityKnoxvillecityMemphiscityMurfreesborocityNashvillecityNorris LakefeatureOber Mountainski areaPigeon ForgecityReelfoot LakefeatureRoan Mountainfeature
Near Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ridgesidecity, 3 mi
- East Ridgecity, 3 mi
- Chattanoogacity, 6 mi
- Harrisoncommunity, 7 mi
- Red Bankcity, 7 mi
- Collegedalecity, 8 mi
- Ooltewahcommunity, 9 mi
- Lookout Mountaintown, 9 mi
- Apisoncommunity, 10 mi
- Signal Mountaintown, 10 mi
- Middle Valleycommunity, 11 mi
- Waldentown, 11 mi
Airports near Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)
- Cleveland Regional JetportRZR, 26 mi
- Mark Anton Airport2A0, 35 mi
- McMinn County AirportMMI, 44 mi
- Winchester Municipal AirportBGF, 50 mi
- Monroe County AirportMNV, 58 mi
- Warren County Memorial AirportRNC, 58 mi
- Tullahoma Regional Airport William Northern FieldTHA, 63 mi
- Crossville Memorial Airport Whitson FieldCSV, 64 mi