Citizen station KD9AQSKD9AQS
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/924 ft/34 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 59° after 82° today.
Now. Tellico Blockhouse State Historic Site is 68° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 6 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, 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 59°. Rain is possible tomorrow (36%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:07 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 day is 11 hours 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Tellico Blockhouse State Historic Site, Tennessee.
Air quality
Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Great Smoky Mtns. Natl. Park - TN (TN), 15 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Tellico Blockhouse State Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station KD9AQSKD9AQS
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/924 ft/34 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MadisonvilleMNV
At an airfield/10.5 mi away/1,004 ft/114 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lenoir City Lookout TowerLCLT1
At a fire lookout or ranger station/17.9 mi away/1,211 ft/321 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Greenback 4.1 SSETN-BT-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/892 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lenior City - Water PlantLENT1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.3 mi away/763 ft/127 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.