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Orebank, Tennessee

Community in Sullivan County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Orebank

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 7 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone26Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Orebank

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Orebank, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 3 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Orebank, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Unicoi 1WNWUNIT1

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.9 mi away/2,482 ft/926 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank440of 1,015

measured daily2 instruments

Kingsport 6.1 ENETN-SL-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,398 ft/158 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

KingsportKNGT1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/1,289 ft/267 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank181of 1,015

Station report

The weather at Bristol/Tri-City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.2 mi from Orebank, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Bristol/Tri-City, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 3,300 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 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 3,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBristol/Tri-City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TRITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TRI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Bristol/Tri-City: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,300 FTTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TRI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bristol/Tri-City, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour; 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 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBristol/Tri-City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kingsport (KNGT1), 4.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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

Near Orebank

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

Near Orebank

River and lake gauges