Light weight Gribs:

Minimal openWRF Gribs can be delivered using the saildocs.com email delivery system for the bandwidth impaired. All of the openWRF Gribs have a minimal version that includes only wind at 10m. The resulting Grib files are about 20% the volume of the original Gribs.

How to use saildocs:

Send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with anything or nothing in the subject line. In the email body include the line/s:

send http://openskiron.org/saildocs/<name of the file>.grb.bz2

The requested Grib file  will be send to your email in a few seconds thus saving the need to browse the web with limited bandwidth.

A list of the files can be downloaded for your reference or retrieved by email attachement via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. using the following line in the body

send http://openskiron.org/saildocs/griblist.txt

It is possible to have several 'send' lines for delivery of multiple grib files. Subscriptions are also available. For more details send and empty mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and a set of instructions will be returned to you.

List of minimal files and their URLs:

The list of minimal files and usage instruction can be downloaded from this link