Observations
13 live
Surface observations, mesonets, buoys, and heat/cold stress overlays.
Weather intelligence built for real workflows
Operational Placefiles. Weather Tools.
PlacefileNation brings dependable public weather overlays and practical tools together for radar and weather analysis workflows.
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Placefiles
Operational layers for serious radar workflows.
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OPERATIONAL PLACEFILES
Placefiles. Built for radar workflows.
Dependable public overlays, organized by the workflows radar users return to. The complete library lives one click away.
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GRLevelXGR2AnalystWSV3Supercell Wx
Lightning
4 live
GLM and recent lightning overlays for radar and situational awareness.
Warnings & Alerts
6 live
NWS watches, warnings, advisories, and active hazard overlays.
SPC / WPC Outlooks
10 live
Convective, mesoscale, fire, flood, and forecast hazard products.
Fire Weather
6 live
SPC fire outlooks, wildfire reports, spot forecasts, and fire-danger monitoring.
Flooding / NWPS
2 live
River gauges, NWPS/AHPS, and flood-support layers.
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TOOLS
Useful. Fast. No clutter.
Keep the tools radar users actually come here for. Everything else gets out of the way.
PLACEFILE UTILITY
Range Ring Generator
Create a custom range-ring placefile centered on any coordinate.
RADAR PALETTES
Color Curves
PlacefileNation radar palettes for cleaner interpretation and stronger contrast.
PLATFORM FIT
Built Around Radar Workflows
PlacefileNation is not trying to replace your radar software. It is built to make that software more useful.
- Stable public endpoints
- Copy-ready URLs
- Organized product families
- Mobile-friendly access
- Supplemental situational awareness
WHY PLACEFILENATION
Weather data should be easier to use.
PlacefileNation was built to make professional-grade weather data, tools, and visualization easier to access in one place. We develop and maintain tools for real-time weather analysis and operational workflows.
The platform includes downloadable Placefiles, Radar tools, live Model Timing and production status, nationwide Storm Reports with historical lookup, and ASOS/AWOS Station Observations with 7-day (168-hour) meteograms, along with additional weather-data utilities and operational tools.
Our goal is straightforward: give weather professionals, storm spotters, emergency managers, broadcasters, and weather enthusiasts useful weather information and tools without unnecessary clutter.
Stable endpoints
URLs are treated as operational links, not disposable web-page decorations.
Fast access
Search, quick packs, and copy actions cut friction when time matters.
Clear boundaries
Products are supplemental and do not replace official warnings, forecasts, or emergency information.
Build forward
New tools build on the operational Placefiles that users rely on.
TRUST & TRANSPARENCY
Supplemental weather information.
PlacefileNation provides weather-data placefiles, overlays, mapping tools, and other weather-data utilities. 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 can fail, delay, or become stale; use PlacefileNation products as supplemental situational-awareness tools.