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Lightning Data

Plot total lightning data (intra-cloud and cloud-to-ground) near realtime

mPING Placefiles

Crowd-sourced mPING Data at your fingertips

SPC Outlooks and Watches

Plot convective outlooks and discussions for significant weather impacts

Observation Placefiles

Over 10,000 metar observations across the US Canada and Mexico

NWS Warnings and Advisories

Realtime county watch, advisories, and alert data, color-coded to NWS standards

Welcome to PlacefileNation!
Placefile Nation was created and is maintained by a team of seasoned meteorologists to provide weather data for GR2 and GR3 applications over the United States. Analyzing radar, with reliable data overlays, provides a more seamless, worry-free experience. We know this, which is why we manage and monitor our own data feeds. In an effort to make our site more useful, we appreciate feedback sent to placefilenation@gmail.com.

Placefiles

Highlight the short URL and copy. Then paste copied url into your placefile manager.

Observations

Placefile Nation brings over 10,000 color-coded observations. Sampled every 30 minutes.

Metars - https://tinyurl.com/5n75pzf2
Temps - https://tinyurl.com/4nksts5m
Dew Points - https://tinyurl.com/3mjk54m7
Visiblities - https://tinyurl.com/yjnpnek2
Gusts - https://tinyurl.com/5dykydfn
Heat Index - https://tinyurl.com/7hhbekw9

Near Real-Time Lightning

Plot total lightning datanear realtime sampled every four minutes.

Last 60 minute lightning strikes
https://tinyurl.com/yck9duwx
Last 40 minute lightning strikes
https://tinyurl.com/2nzwddev
Last 20 minute lightning strikes
https://tinyurl.com/2mjxffad
Last 5 minute lightning, perfect for DSS Events
https://tinyurl.com/2weab95d

Crowd-sourced mPING Data

See what spotters and weather enthusiasts see and report that are sampled every 4 minutes.

Last 15 minute reports -
https://tinyurl.com/upymdbux
Last 30 minute reports -
https://tinyurl.com/bncdm4cd
Last 30 minute reports -
https://tinyurl.com/4whby2az
Last 5 hour reports -
https://tinyurl.com/2s455rb2

CoCoRaHS Data

Visually see the cocorahs rain and snow reports from across the US.
Zeros and Traces are removed.
Sampled every 30 minutes from 11Z to 20Z

Rain
https://tinyurl.com/4epkext4
Snow
https://tinyurl.com/ybnk4pyx

Watches and Warnings

Get realtime county watch, advisories, alerts and special weather statements, color-coded to NWS standards.

Watches
https://tinyurl.com/5ey53puw
Polygons Shaded
https://tinyurl.com/45j2wcvz
Polygons Not Shaded
https://tinyurl.com/4tcvwwjb

Thunderstorm Outlooks

Plot convective outlooks and discussions for significant weather impacts.

Convective Outlooks
Day 1 - https://tinyurl.com/2xw5nwsa
Day 2 - https://tinyurl.com/2ze95jbn
Day 3 - https://tinyurl.com/2556j4hj
Mesoscale Discussions
https://tinyurl.com/3uztabsc
Day 1 Probabilities
Tor - https://tinyurl.com/2hwabmy7
Hail - https://tinyurl.com/ycf7w9bn
Wind - https://tinyurl.com/y7d7w73t

Misc Plots

Plot the County Warning Areas, radar status, and TN Mile Markers.

CWA - https://tinyurl.com/29nxnsyv
Radar - https://tinyurl.com/59en99j7
TN Milemarkers - https://tinyurl.com/2f5k6vuh
TN hospitals - https://tinyurl.com/yjf73266

Tennessee APRS and MTEARS

See the APRS stations specific to !TNWX hams across Middle Tennessee and stations in and around TN as well as the well known MTEARS Repeater Link System and information for each repeater site.

TN APRS
!TNWX - https://tinyurl.com/tz3864vy
TN APRS - https://tinyurl.com/35mzcmm9
MTEARS
Connected - https://tinyurl.com/4uwh96nv
Not Connected - https://tinyurl.com/yya98y9z

Atlantic Hurricane Tracks

Visually see forecast tracks of Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Tropical Storms and Hurricanes. Only visible near radar covered landmasses.

https://tinyurl.com/z2p54e4a