PocketGrib Lite

With PocketGrib Lite GRIB file viewer you can easily obtain, view and analyse world weather data.

Wind, preciptation, strain, temperature and wave information extracted from GRIB files are displayed via our simple interface.

The Lite model is proscribed to downloading and viewing forty eight hours of forecast information utilizing the GFS climate model to 1° decision and 6 hour time step. Upgrade to the complete version to get up to 8 days of forecast across the full vary of climate fashions with the highest resolution.

This GRIB viewer is perfect for sailors (both crusing and in the pub), windsurfers, storm chasers, out of doors enthusiasts, amateur and skilled meteorologists.

Features

- Choose your map location and have weather information overlaid

- Mapped weather could be animated

- Weather could be considered as a meteogram (graph) or uncooked data

- Configurable obtain to minimise file sizes (great for roaming)

- GRIB files may be downloaded to your PC

- Displays online or offline

PocketGrib downloads and shows the next climate varieties:

- Wind pace and path (10 m above imply sea level)

- Precipitation (rain, snow etc)

- Pressure

- Air temperature

- Waves (including Mediterranean and Black Sea)

- Cloud cover

- Relative humidity

- CAPE (Convective Atmospheric Potential Energy)

- Current (Atlantic only)

Direct obtain of GRIB data from NOAA's GFS (Global Forecast System) model

- Forecasts as much as 2 days (full model to 8 days)

- Data steps: 3hr (full version), 6hr, 12hr

- Worldwide Coverage

- Resolution: 0.25° (full version), 0.5° (full version), 1°, 2°

- Data up to date 4 instances a day (every 6 hours)

The full model also support for COAMPS, WW3, NOGAPS, RTOFS (Currents) and FNMOC WW3 (Mediterranean wave) models.

By downloading solely what the consumer wants it it attainable to maintain the GRIB files small which makes it especially handy for low bandwidth areas or when roaming internationally.

GRIB forecasts are published without human intervention or evaluation. Therefore some knowledge and consciousness is required by the end user. Most GRIB models do NOT precisely forecast hurricanes and tropical cyclones so their use ought to be mixed with particular hurricane and tropical cyclone forecasts.