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Dodson Branch, Tennessee

Community in Jackson County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Dodson Branch

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Cookeville (TN), 10 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Dodson Branch

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Dodson Branch, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Dodson Branch, TennesseeReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dodson Branch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Livingston8A3

At an airfield/14.2 mi away/1,342 ft/396 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank281of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

Cookeville 9.8 NTN-PM-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/995 ft/49 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GainesboroGAIT1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/531 ft/415 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank720of 1,019

Station report

The weather at Livingston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Dodson Branch, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM 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 Livingston, 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 8A3FIG. A THE SKY OVER LIVINGSTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELivingston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 8A3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8A3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 60.8 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 Livingston: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 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 8A3FIG. B THE AIR AT LIVINGSTONTHE 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 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.3 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 60.8 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 POINTTITLELivingston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 8A3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8A3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Livingston, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 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 8A3FIG. C THE WIND AT LIVINGSTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELivingston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 8A3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8A3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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

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

Near Dodson Branch

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