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Ridgetop, Tennessee

City in Robertson County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Ridgetop

Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Nashville (TN), 22 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate9.6 mi
  • Ozone40Good21 ppb9.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good15.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridgetop

None in the last 24 hours; 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ridgetop, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ridgetop, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Greenbrier 1.3 ESETN-RB-45

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/757 ft/133 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Springfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.4 mi from Ridgetop, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:10 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Springfield, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M91FIG. A THE SKY OVER SPRINGFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESpringfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS M91TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M91-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Springfield: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M91FIG. B THE AIR AT SPRINGFIELDTHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLESpringfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS M91TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M91-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Springfield, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M91FIG. C THE WIND AT SPRINGFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESpringfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS M91TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M91-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Springfield, 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 Ridgetop

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

Near Ridgetop

River and lake gauges