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Mountain City, Tennessee

Town in Johnson County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Mountain City

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, North Ridges (NC), 25 miles off.

35Good
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mountain City

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Mountain City, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mountain City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Piney GrovePGVT1

At a river or reservoir gauge/29.2 mi away/2,635 ft/230 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank374of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

Mountain CityMTCT1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/2,650 ft/245 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Shady Valley WNW 1.8TN-JH-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.2 mi away/3,132 ft/727 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Elizabethton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.5 mi from Mountain City, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,800 ft, overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 3,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Elizabethton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 3,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0A9FIG. A THE SKY OVER ELIZABETHTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEElizabethton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0A9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0A9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Elizabethton: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0A9FIG. B THE AIR AT ELIZABETHTONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.2 F, 66.2 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 POINTTITLEElizabethton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0A9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0A9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Elizabethton, 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 0A9FIG. C THE WIND AT ELIZABETHTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEElizabethton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0A9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0A9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mountain City (MTCT1), 0.9 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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

Near Mountain City

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

Near Mountain City

River and lake gauges