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Whitwell, Tennessee

City in Marion County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Whitwell

Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Chattanooga (TN), 14 miles off.

68Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate16.5 mi
  • Ozone25Good22 ppb19.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Whitwell

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Whitwell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Whitwell 0.3 SETN-MA-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/732 ft/60 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WhitwellSEQT1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/1,167 ft/495 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Chattanooga/Lovell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.1 mi from Whitwell, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 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 Chattanooga/Lovell, 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 CHAFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHATTANOOGA/LOVELLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEChattanooga/Lovell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CHATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CHA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Chattanooga/Lovell: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CHAFIG. B THE AIR AT CHATTANOOGA/LOVELLTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEChattanooga/Lovell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CHATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CHA-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 Chattanooga/Lovell, 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 CHAFIG. C THE WIND AT CHATTANOOGA/LOVELLPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEChattanooga/Lovell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CHATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CHA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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