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Watauga, Tennessee

City in Carter County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Watauga

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 10 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone19Good9 ppb14.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Watauga

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Watauga, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Piney GrovePGVT1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.2 mi away/2,635 ft/1,101 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank374of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

Johnson City 3.6 ETN-CT-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/1,520 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ElizabethtownELZT1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,692 ft/158 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank169of 1,019

Station report

The weather at Elizabethton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Watauga, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 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 Elizabethton, 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 0A9FIG. A THE SKY OVER ELIZABETHTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEElizabethton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0A9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0A9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Elizabethton: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0A9FIG. B THE AIR AT ELIZABETHTONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEElizabethton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0A9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0A9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Elizabethton, 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 0A9FIG. C THE WIND AT ELIZABETHTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEElizabethton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0A9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0A9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Elizabethtown (ELZT1), 3.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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

Near Watauga

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

Near Watauga

River and lake gauges