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Ridgely, Tennessee

Town in Lake County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Ridgely

Index 40, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Dyersburg (TN), 17 miles off.

40Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)40Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridgely

None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ridgely, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ridgely, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Dyersburg(AWOS)DYR

At an airfield/19.0 mi away/338 ft/49 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Ridgely 7.4 SSETN-DY-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/282 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Wildlife RefugeSAMT1

In a park or preserve/15.7 mi away/299 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW5607, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 19.4 mi from Ridgely, Tennessee. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW5607, 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 GW5607FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW5607PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW5607, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5607TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5607-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 462 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.43 inHg and the temperature at 57.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.96 inHg means its barometer reads 29.46 inHg; it reports 76.0 F, 18.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW5607 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 462 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.43 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.96 and the station pressure it means, 29.46.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5607FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW5607 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW56072 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT462 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.43 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.96 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.46 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED76.0 FTITLECitizen station GW5607, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5607TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5607-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 36.44 N, and the day is 11 h 06 min long. Level ground there takes 70 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW5607, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 77 at the June solstice, 54 at the equinoxes and 30 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 06 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5607FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW5607ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 77°EQUINOXES 54°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 30°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 06 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 70 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 36.44 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW5607, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5607TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5607-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW5607, in 4 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 Ridgely

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