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John Sevier, Tennessee

Community in Knox County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at John Sevier

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Knoxville (TN), 14 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at John Sevier

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at John Sevier, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 11 PM.

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On the radar over John Sevier, TennesseeReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest John Sevier, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Knoxville 10.2 NETN-KX-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,001 ft/46 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Maynardville 2SWMAYT1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/1,125 ft/78 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Knoxville Downtown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.0 mi from John Sevier, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Knoxville Downtown, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKXFIG. A THE SKY OVER KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWNSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKnoxville Downtown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DKXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Knoxville Downtown: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKXFIG. B THE AIR AT KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.8 F, 68.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEKnoxville Downtown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Knoxville Downtown, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west 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 DKXFIG. C THE WIND AT KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKnoxville Downtown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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