

The first edition (current sub-version is 2) is used operationally worldwide by most meteorological centers, for Numerical Weather Prediction output (NWP).Ī newer generation has been introduced, known as GRIB second edition, and data is slowly changing over to this format.

Version 0 was used to a limited extent by projects such as TOGA, and is no longer in operational use.

It is standardized by the World Meteorological Organization's Commission for Basic Systems, known under number GRIB FM 92-IX, described in WMO Manual on Codes No.306.Ĭurrently there are three versions of GRIB. GRIB ( GRIdded Binary or General Regularly-distributed Information in Binary form ) is a concise data format commonly used in meteorology to store historical and forecast weather data. ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as Reflinks ( documentation), reFill ( documentation) and Citation bot ( documentation). Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style. This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot.
