Temperature
64 F at 5 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, Tennessee
Small airport in Sevier County, Tennessee65°
83°/65°
Overcast·
Feels like 65°·Light air 2 mph WSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 55% around 11 PM.
Now. Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport is 65° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the west-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, under cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (92%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
100%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
65feels65
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8365
90%
21mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5846
92%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6637
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6840
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7143
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7445
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7548
UV 6
65°
83°65°
58°46°
66°37°
68°40°
71°43°
74°45°
75°48°
As of 5:00 AM in Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
The air at Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Swain County (NC), 26 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
- Ozone3Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GKT
- ICAO
- KGKT
- IATA
- GKT
- Field elevation
- 1,014 ft
- Serves
- Sevierville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GKT
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 05:36
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 5,506 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 99° / 279° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sevierville (GKT), Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 5 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 13 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 13mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 2 AM; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 2 AM
- 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 4,500 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 5,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,500ft
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
Sevierville: 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 Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, 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
SeviervilleGKT
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/989 ft/25 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Indian Grave GapIGGT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.5 mi away/2,861 ft/1,847 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
SevervilleSVRT1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/924 ft/90 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sevierville 2.5 SETN-SV-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/928 ft/86 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Tennessee
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Seviervillecity, 1 mi
- Pigeon Forgecity, 5 mi
- Fairgardencommunity, 7 mi
- Gatlinburgcity, 10 mi
- Pittman Centertown, 10 mi
- Ober Mountainski area, 11 mi
- Seymourcommunity, 13 mi
- Dandridgetown, 13 mi
- Strawberry Plainscommunity, 16 mi
- Cosbycommunity, 17 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Parkfeature, 17 mi
- New Markettown, 17 mi
Airports near Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport
- Knoxville Downtown Island AirportDKX, 21 mi
- Morristown Regional AirportMOR, 24 mi
- McGhee Tyson AirportTYS, 26 mi
- Greeneville Municipal AirportGCY, 46 mi
- Campbell County Airport - Colonel Tommy C Stiner AirfieldJAU, 48 mi
- Monroe County AirportMNV, 52 mi
- Rockwood Municipal AirportRKW, 65 mi
- McMinn County AirportMMI, 66 mi