PocketGrib vs Squid Mobile Usage & Stats

With PocketGrib you can download, view and analyse global weather data while on the go. Wind, precipitation, pressure, temperature, wave and other data extracted from GRIB files are displayed through our powerful GRIB viewer interface. Perfect for sailors (both sailing and in the pub), windsurfers, storm chasers, outdoor enthusiasts, amateur and professional meteorologists. Features - Choose your map location and have weather information overlaid - Animation of weather maps - Weather can be viewed as a meteogram (graph) or raw data - Configurable download to minimise file sizes (great for roaming) - GRIB files can be downloaded to your PC via iTunes - Displays online and offline - Support for 3rd party GRIB files PocketGrib downloads and displays the following weather types: - Wind speed and direction (10 m above ground/sea) - 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) - 500mb Height Direct download of GRIB data from NOAA's GFS (Global Forecast System) model - Forecasts up to 8 days - Data steps: 3hr, 6hr, 12hr - Worldwide coverage - Resolution: 0.25°, 0.5°, 1°, 2° - Data updated 4 times a day (every 6 hours) Also support for COAMPS (0.2° resolution), WW3, NOGAPS, RTOFS (Currents) and FNMOC WW3 (Mediterranean wave) models. GRIB forecasts are published without human intervention or review. As such, the end user requires some knowledge and awareness. Most GRIB models do NOT accurately forecast hurricanes and tropical cyclones so their use should be combined with specific hurricane and tropical cyclone forecasts.

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Squid Mobile

Squid Mobile is a free, powerful and yet the easiest and most comprehensive requester and viewer of Grib Files (weather files). Now available for a large audience of sailors. It doesn’t matter if you are an occasional cruiser or a keen racer, if you are an off-shore solo navigator or coastal dinghy sailor. Squid has all the forecasts data you need, selected for their best possible accuracy, covering any region, any playground around the globe. Squid Mobile App has been developed by GreatCircle. Chosen by the most demanding navigators since 2010, on board almost every sailing boat, while tempting and often succeeding, a world speed sailing record formalized by the WSSRC. In 2015 Squid was the exclusive supplier of weather data for the Volvo Ocean Race, the Official Partner providing weather data for 300 boats during the Rolex Fastnet Race, participated in the Transpac and Atlantic and North-East Passage records… and still delivered daily thousands passionate sailors with high resolution forecasts and observations. Main Features: Models: GFS, ECMWF, HiRLAM, AROME, ARPEGE, GEM, GCWF, NAM … Multi model viewer to compare and analyze con - divergences Routing and way-point editor with : bearing Compass, database of major cruising and racing boat polars, roadbook reporting, cloud routing and multiple road comparisons. Up to 10 days forecasts by steps of 1 or 3 hours Direct grib download or as mail attachment for easy sharing and opening in other applications Multi-model meteograms for easy comparisons (MSLP and wind in V1) Customized views by color gradients, isolines, barbs and arrows. Combining both CPU and graphical processor for smooth animations Compatible iOS9 Compatible with Iridium GO!® Available variables: - atmospheric Wind, 10m, 925 Hpa, and gusts MSLP Rainfall Cloud cover Cape Relative humidity Temperature - oceanic Currents, direction and force Sea state, swell, windwaves, height and direction