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Tompkinsville, Kentucky

City in Monroe County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Tompkinsville

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Cookeville (TN), 39 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tompkinsville

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Tompkinsville, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Tompkinsville, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Tompkinsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

KY-90 at mile 1103_90_0011

Beside a road/22.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Glasgow MuniGLW

At an airfield/26.9 mi away/715 ft/233 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank229of 692

Mammoth CaveS2079

At a soil climate station/38.5 mi away/800 ft/148 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank492of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Tompkinsville 5.6 WKY-MO-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/804 ft/144 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Knob LickKBLK2

At a cooperative observer's station/22.5 mi away/1,007 ft/59 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank582of 692

Station report

The weather at Glasgow Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.9 mi from Tompkinsville, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 Glasgow Muni, 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 GLWFIG. A THE SKY OVER GLASGOW MUNISECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGlasgow Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GLWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.7 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Glasgow Muni: temperature 70.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLWFIG. B THE AIR AT GLASGOW MUNITHE 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 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.3 FTEMPERATURE 70.7 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 11.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEGlasgow Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Glasgow Muni, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLWFIG. C THE WIND AT GLASGOW MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlasgow Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Knob Lick (KBLK2), 22.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Tompkinsville

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Tompkinsville

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