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McDonald, Tennessee

Community in Bradley County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at McDonald

Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Chattanooga (TN), 22 miles off.

71Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at McDonald

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest McDonald, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Hm:O-019350750085045802

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.9 mi away/698 ft/230 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank480of 1,019

ClevelandRZR

At an airfield/12.7 mi away/797 ft/131 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank9of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

McDonald 2.5 ENETN-BR-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/823 ft/105 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Water PlantCVLT1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/817 ft/111 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank730of 1,019

Station report

The weather at Cleveland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.7 mi from McDonald, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 100 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 100 ft; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Cleveland, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 100 feet, and visibility of 1/2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RZRFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLEVELANDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/2 MI0510TITLECleveland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RZRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RZR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Cleveland: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RZRFIG. B THE AIR AT CLEVELANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECleveland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RZRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RZR-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 Cleveland, 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 RZRFIG. C THE WIND AT CLEVELANDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECleveland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RZRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RZR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Cleveland, 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.

Near McDonald

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

Near McDonald

River and lake gauges