Storm Station
Orlinda, Tennessee
70°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 70°·Light breeze 5 mph NNE
Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. East northeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
41%Humidity
41%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Orlinda, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

SpringfieldM91

At an airfield/12.2 mi away/693 ft/41 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Cross Plains 1.9 NNWTN-RB-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/731 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Portland Sewage PlantPRTT1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/794 ft/60 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at RAWS Site Lafayette Work Center, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 39.6 mi from Orlinda. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:06 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 45.3 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at RAWS Site Lafayette Work Center: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.3, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LFFT1FIG. B THE AIR AT RAWS SITE LAFAYETTE WORK CENTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.3 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 45.3 FSPREAD 4.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLERAWS Site Lafayette Work Center, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LFFT1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LFFT1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (27 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 3 mph.

Plan of the wind at RAWS Site Lafayette Work Center, north up: blowing from 27 degrees, the north northeast, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 3; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LFFT1FIG. C THE WIND AT RAWS SITE LAFAYETTE WORK CENTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 27°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERAWS Site Lafayette Work Center, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LFFT1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LFFT1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 945 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.91 inHg and the temperature at 55.6 F; it reports 50.0 F, 5.6 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where RAWS Site Lafayette Work Center stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 945 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.91 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LFFT1FIG. D WHERE RAWS SITE LAFAYETTE WORK CENTER STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERERAWS SITE LAFAYETTE WORK CENTER3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT945 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.91 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED50.0 FTITLERAWS Site Lafayette Work Center, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LFFT1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LFFT1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of RAWS Site Lafayette Work Center, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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