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Three Way, Tennessee Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Three Way weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Three Way, TN
Saturday, July 4 at 9:18 PM
78
°
Overcast
Feels like
87°
Humidity
86%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
12:44 AM
Sunset
3:15 PM
Three Way, TN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastThree Way, TN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit with a 21% chance of precipitation at 1 PM.
L 73°H 88°
Three Way, TN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    12%
    90°69°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    24%
    88°73°-2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Rain
    17%
    2.7″
    84°72°-4°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    87°68°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    90°68°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Mostly Clear
    15%
    93°71°+3°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    43%
    90°76°-3°
Three Way, TN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
220° · veering 60°
Direction
SW
220°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 4
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 4 · pk 26 @ 3:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 229SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 60° from the sw.
Three Way, TN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
998.7
+0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.49 inHg
Now
998.7
mb
3h
+0.2
mb
12h
-3.0
mb
24h
-2.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 9991002
9909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1001.7998.5998.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Three Way, TN
Air quality
58
AQI
Moderate
+11 in 6h

AQI 58 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 11 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 10.4 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.92 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneModerate
73μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 4

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.4 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.92 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.92
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Three Way, TN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
31.6mi
UNLIMITED
56 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
02:18 UTC · Three Way, TN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
02:18 UTC · Three Way, TN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Three Way, TN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Three Way, TN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Three Way, TN
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:15 AM
Sunrise
12:44 AM
Daylight
14h 31m
Sunset
3:15 PM
Civil dusk
8:46 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Three Way, TN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:10 PM
Moonset
11:09 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Three Way, TN
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Three Way at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 78°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 22 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Three Way

  1. Sat90°69°12%
  2. Sun89°73°24%
  3. Mon88°69°17%
  4. Tue87°68°9%
  5. Wed90°68°9%
  6. Thu93°71°15%
  7. Fri90°76°43%
  8. Sat88°70°43%
  9. Sun72°67°27%
  10. Mon85°64°14%
  11. Tue88°68°10%
  12. Wed89°71°16%
  13. Thu89°71°20%
  14. Fri91°73°31%
  15. Sat92°74°35%
  16. Sun93°76°29%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Three Way

SPC has placed Three Way in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Three Way

  • 38343

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.