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Rossville, Georgia

City in Walker County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Rossville

Index 82, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Chattanooga (TN), 7 miles off.

82Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)82Moderate5.6 mi
  • Ozone23Good25 ppb11.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rossville

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Rossville, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 PM.

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On the radar over Rossville, GeorgiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rossville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Rossville 0.2 SSEGA-WA-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/795 ft/108 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LafayetteLFYG1

At a cooperative observer's station/22.9 mi away/797 ft/110 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at LaFayette, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.8 mi from Rossville, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over LaFayette, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9A5FIG. A THE SKY OVER LAFAYETTESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELaFayette, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 9A5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9A5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

77.0 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at LaFayette: temperature 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9A5FIG. B THE AIR AT LAFAYETTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.6 FTEMPERATURE 77.0 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLELaFayette, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9A5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9A5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at LaFayette, north up: at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9A5FIG. C THE WIND AT LAFAYETTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELaFayette, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9A5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9A5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of LaFayette, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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