Operational Placefile Catalog
Organized live endpoints for observations, lightning, mPING, CoCoRaHS, NWS hazards, SPC/WPC products, fire weather, flooding, earthquakes, and tropical data.
Platform Positioning
More than a weather website.
PlacefileNation is built as a radar-first intelligence platform: fast catalog access, stable endpoints, live overlays, operational tools, and a serious workflow for users who need weather data inside their radar environment.
Operational Awareness
Built for storm operations, chasers, spotters, broadcast meteorologists, emergency-support users, and weather enthusiasts who work fast.
Stable Endpoint Mindset
Permanent URLs, copy-ready cards, clear status language, and less friction between the user and the data.
Weather Intelligence Growth
Designed to expand into dashboards, custom layers, API-style endpoints, advanced mapping, and decision-support workflows.
Live Platform Pulse
Proof the platform is alive.
The homepage opens with live-data confidence: placefiles, reports, observations, hazards, and public endpoint workflows presented as an active operational system.
Lightning Intelligence
GLM and recent lightning overlays support fast storm interrogation and DSS-style awareness.
mPING Reports
Ground reports connect what users see on radar with what is being observed at the surface.
Operational Observations
METARs, mesonets, winds, visibility, dew points, and temperatures build the operational picture.
CoCoRaHS Data
Precipitation and snow reports support rainfall verification, hydrology, drought awareness, and storm-total analysis.
Live public endpoints
Placefile Intelligence Catalog
Search by product, category, or URL. Click any card to copy one endpoint, or use Quick Packs to copy groups of operational placefiles.
11 categories54 live public endpoints loaded by default
Quick Packs
Live Endpoint Catalog54 operational endpoints · organized by product family
Observations
Surface observations, mesonet, buoys, heat/cold stress overlays
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METARs
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/metars.php
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Wind + Gusts
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/wind_gusts.php
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Conditions
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/conditions.php
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Temperatures
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/temps.php
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Dew Points
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/dp.php
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Visibilities
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/vis.php
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Wind Gusts
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/gusts.php
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Wind Chill
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/wc.php
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Heat Index
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/hi.php
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Buoys
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/buoys.php
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RAWS
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/RAWS.php
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Kentucky Mesonet
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/kymesonet.php
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Oklahoma Mesonet
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/okmesonet.php
Lightning
GLM and time-window lightning overlays for DSS/radar awareness
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GLM Lightning
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/glm_lightning.php
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Last 20 Minutes
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/20lightning.php
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Last 40 Minutes
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/40lightning.php
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Last 60 Minutes
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/60lightning.php
mPING
Crowd-sourced reports for precipitation type and ground truth
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Last 15 Minutes
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/mping_15min.php
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Last 30 Minutes
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/mping_30min.php
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Last 60 Minutes
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/mping_60min.php
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Last 5 Hours
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/mping_300min.php
CoCoRaHS
Rainfall reports and hydrology-support overlays
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Rain Reports
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/cocorahs_rain.php
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Snow Reports
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/cocorahs_snow.php
Warnings & Alerts
NWS watches, warnings, advisories, and active hazard overlays
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NWS Alert Areas
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/alert-areas.php
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Alert Areas (No Icons)
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/alert-areas_noicons.php
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Marine Alert Areas
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/alert-marine-areas.php
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Severe Watches
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/severeWatch.php
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Polygons (Unshaded)
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/nws_polygons.php
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Marine Polygons
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/nws_marine_polygons.php
SPC / WPC Outlooks
Convective, mesoscale, fire, flood and forecast hazard products
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Day 1 Outlook
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/spcday1.php
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Day 1 Shaded
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/day1_shaded.php
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Day 2 Outlook
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/spcday2.php
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Day 2 Shaded
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/day2_shaded.php
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Day 3 Outlook
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/spcday3.php
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Day 3 Shaded
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/day3_shaded.php
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Mesoscale Discussions
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/mcd.php
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Tornado Probability
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/tornado.php
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Hail Probability
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/hail.php
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Wind Probability
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/wind.php
Fire Weather
SPC fire outlooks and Red Flag Warning layers
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InciWeb Wildfire Reports
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/wildfile_placefile.php
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Spot Forecast Monitor
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/spot-placefile.php
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Pending Spot Forecasts
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/spot-placefile-pending.php
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Day 1 Fire Wx Outlook
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/day1firewx.php
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Day 2 Fire Wx Outlook
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/day2firewx.php
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Fire Weather Monitor Live
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/fire_danger_monitor.php
Flooding / NWPS
River gauges, AHPS/NWPS, and flood alert layers
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Filtered (Action Stage+)
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/ahps-placefile-alerts.php
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All River Gauges
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/ahps-placefile.php
NWS / Misc
Boundaries, radar status, NOAA Weather Radio, and support layers
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CWA Boundaries
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/nws_cwa_boundaries.php
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Radar Site Status
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/radar_status.php
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NWR Transmitter Sites
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/noaaradio.php
Earthquakes
Recent USGS earthquake placefiles
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Last Hour
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/earthquakes_last_hour.php
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Last 24 Hours
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/earthquakes_last_day.php
Tropical
NHC Atlantic and Eastern Pacific tropical layers
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Atlantic Tracks
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/nhc.php
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Eastern Pacific Tracks
placefilenation.com/Placefiles/epnhc.php
Operational tools
Built for radar users who work fast.
Core utilities stay front and center: range rings, color curves, compatibility support, and fast endpoint access for radar users who need tools that work immediately.
Range Ring Generator
Create a custom range-ring placefile centered on any coordinate. The generated file downloads directly to your computer.
PlacefileNation Labs
Research and next-generation weather intelligence.
PlacefileNation is expanding beyond public placefiles into advanced weather intelligence tools that support situational awareness, mapping, analysis workflows, and radar-first decision support.
AI-Assisted Weather Analysis
Experimental tools designed to help organize signals, highlight risk areas, support storm interrogation, and improve workflow efficiency.
Forecast Intelligence
Development focused on organizing model guidance, observations, outlooks, and hazard signals into cleaner operational workflows.
Advanced Mapping Systems
Visualization tools for radar overlays, outlooks, warnings, lightning, reports, and custom intelligence layers.
Severe Weather Workflows
Tools focused on storm structure, hazard awareness, environmental context, and radar-based analysis.
Warning-Support Research
Experimental methods that may support better workflow awareness, hazard interpretation, and lead-time potential.
Public Data Integration
Transforming complex public weather feeds into usable radar overlays, placefiles, and intelligence layers.
Operational Standards
Built for public access.
PlacefileNation is maintained as operational infrastructure: permanent public endpoints, fast access, visible source status, and clear limits for serious radar users during active weather.
PermanentEndpoint mindset
LiveData visibility
FastCopy-ready access
ClearLimits & disclaimers
Stable endpoints
Placefile URLs are treated as operational links so users can keep radar software configured without rebuilding workflows every time the site evolves.
Live source status
Live metrics, operational notes, and source-health checks help users quickly judge whether data is current and usable.
Fast catalog access
Search, Quick Packs, mobile-friendly cards, and copy-to-clipboard actions keep users moving during active weather.
Transparent limits
Weather data can fail, delay, or become stale. PlacefileNation communicates limits clearly and keeps official sources as the authority.
Live Weather Intelligence
Operational weather intelligence starts here.
Open the public catalog, copy a live endpoint, and bring PlacefileNation overlays directly into your radar workflow.
Trust & Transparency
Disclaimer
PlacefileNation provides weather data placefiles, radar overlays, mapping tools, and operational resources for GRLevelX, WSV3, Supercell Wx, and related radar applications.
PlacefileNation is not affiliated with the National Weather Service. Official forecasts, watches, warnings, advisories, and emergency information should always come from the National Weather Service, emergency management, and authorized public safety sources.
Data availability, update frequency, and accuracy can vary by source. Placefiles and experimental tools may fail, become stale, or display delayed information. Users should treat all PlacefileNation products as supplemental situational-awareness tools.
Any AI-assisted, forecast-intelligence, mapping, or warning-support tools developed by PlacefileNation Labs are experimental unless clearly stated otherwise. They are intended to support analysis and workflow awareness, not replace official forecasts or warnings.
Supplemental UseNot NWS AffiliatedLabs Are Experimental