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Rockwood, Tennessee

City in Roane County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Rockwood

Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Athens (TN), 30 miles off.

62Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate9 mi
  • Ozone-2 ppb21.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rockwood

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 10 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rockwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RockwoodRKW

At an airfield/3.7 mi away/1,654 ft/767 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

Rockwood 1.2 SWTN-RN-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/876 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RockwoodRKWT1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/944 ft/57 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Rockwood, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Rockwood, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:35 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 Rockwood, 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 RKWFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCKWOODSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERockwood, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RKWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RKW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rockwood: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RKWFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCKWOODTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLERockwood, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RKWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RKW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Rockwood, north up: at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RKWFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCKWOODPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERockwood, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RKWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RKW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Rockwood (RKWT1), 1.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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

Near Rockwood

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

Near Rockwood

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