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Petersburg, Tennessee

Town in Lincoln County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Petersburg

Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Huntsville (AL), 48 miles off.

64Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Petersburg

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Petersburg, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Petersburg 2.7 ESETN-LC-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/938 ft/162 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lewisburg-Ellington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Petersburg, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 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 Lewisburg-Ellington, 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 LUGFIG. A THE SKY OVER LEWISBURG-ELLINGTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELewisburg-Ellington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LUGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lewisburg-Ellington: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUGFIG. B THE AIR AT LEWISBURG-ELLINGTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.3 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 10.8 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 POINTTITLELewisburg-Ellington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LUGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 13 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lewisburg-Ellington, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 13; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUGFIG. C THE WIND AT LEWISBURG-ELLINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELewisburg-Ellington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LUGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lewisburg-Ellington, 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 Petersburg

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

Near Petersburg

River and lake gauges