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South Carthage, Tennessee

Town in Smith County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at South Carthage

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cookeville (TN), 26 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone-22 ppb22.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at South Carthage

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at South Carthage, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest South Carthage, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LebanonM54

At an airfield/20.3 mi away/561 ft/142 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank376of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

CarthageCRTT1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/548 ft/155 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank826of 1,019

Carthage 3.0 WNWTN-SM-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/560 ft/143 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lebanon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.3 mi from South Carthage, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:10 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lebanon, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M54FIG. A THE SKY OVER LEBANONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 12,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELebanon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS M54TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M54-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Lebanon: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M54FIG. B THE AIR AT LEBANONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.4 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 75.2 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLELebanon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS M54TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M54-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lebanon, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 12 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 M54FIG. C THE WIND AT LEBANONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELebanon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS M54TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M54-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Carthage (CRTT1), 0.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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

Near South Carthage

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

Near South Carthage

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