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Jonesborough, Tennessee

Town in Washington County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Jonesborough

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 16 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone37Good48 ppb17.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Jonesborough

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Jonesborough, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 12 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Jonesborough, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Unicoi 1WNWUNIT1

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.7 mi away/2,482 ft/696 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank414of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

ErwinERWT1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/1,637 ft/149 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bristol/Tri-City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.1 mi from Jonesborough, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,500 ft, broken at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bristol/Tri-City, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TRIFIG. A THE SKY OVER BRISTOL/TRI-CITYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 7,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 6,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBristol/Tri-City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TRITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TRI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

80.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Bristol/Tri-City: temperature 80.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TRIFIG. B THE AIR AT BRISTOL/TRI-CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 80.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLEBristol/Tri-City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TRI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bristol/Tri-City, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TRIFIG. C THE WIND AT BRISTOL/TRI-CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBristol/Tri-City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TRI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bristol/Tri-City, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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Near Jonesborough

River and lake gauges