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Lenoir City, Tennessee

City in Loudon County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Lenoir City

Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Great Smoky Mtns. Natl. Park - TN (TN), 22 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-6.5 mi
  • Ozone37Good37 ppb22.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lenoir City

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Lenoir City, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lenoir City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Oak RidgeOQT

At an airfield/15.8 mi away/909 ft/103 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank274of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

Lenoir City 0.9 SSWTN-LN-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/959 ft/153 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lenior City - Water PlantLENT1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/763 ft/43 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Oak Ridge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Lenoir City, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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 Oak Ridge, 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 OQTFIG. A THE SKY OVER OAK RIDGESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOak Ridge, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OQTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OQT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oak Ridge: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OQTFIG. B THE AIR AT OAK RIDGETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.0 F, 67.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEOak Ridge, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OQTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OQT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Oak Ridge, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OQTFIG. C THE WIND AT OAK RIDGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOak Ridge, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OQTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OQT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Oak Ridge, 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 Lenoir City

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