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Rocky Top, Tennessee

City in Anderson County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Rocky Top

Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Knoxville (TN), 11 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate20.6 mi
  • Ozone34Good40 ppb18.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rocky Top

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Rocky Top, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rocky Top, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

JacksboroJAU

At an airfield/8.0 mi away/1,148 ft/288 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank450of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

Water PlantNORT1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/984 ft/124 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank182of 1,019

Station report

The weather at Jacksboro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.0 mi from Rocky Top, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 PM 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 Jacksboro, 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 JAUFIG. A THE SKY OVER JACKSBOROSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEJacksboro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JAUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JAU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

80.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Jacksboro: temperature 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JAUFIG. B THE AIR AT JACKSBOROTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.5 FTEMPERATURE 80.6 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLEJacksboro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JAUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JAU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Jacksboro, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, 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 JAUFIG. C THE WIND AT JACKSBOROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJacksboro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JAUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JAU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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