OpenWRF no longer available
The OpenWRF files are no longer available.
LuckGrib Blog
LuckGrib - An elegant, fast and powerful GRIB reader for the Mac. Download and read your GRIB weather forecasts in style, with direct downloads of the GFS, CMC, and WW3 models from NOAA. Built for sailors. Can be used while sailing offshore. Recommended for all weather enthuasists.
Latest posts
Feb 2026 / five new GRIB models
Five new GRIB models have just been added to the server cluster.
Feb 2026 project update
There is a lot going on behind the scenes, all is well.
March 2023 update
This note describes two small changes to the app, one published in December 2022 andthe latest one in March, 2023.
May 2022 update
The recent update to LuckGrib brings support for heaving to, improvements to the meteogram, Mac UI improvements, and more…
ECMWF now available; updates to Arome, Icon D2, NCOM, OFS, CMEMS NW, ASCAT
ECMWF has expanded the range of weather data it makes availble to the public, includingsurface wind and much more. Along with the addition to ECMWF, there are also updateto several more of the GRIB models
Changes at NOMADS (GFS, HRRR, NAM, …)
There are changes being made to the NOAA National Operational Model Archive andDistribution System (NOMADS) which requires changes in how LuckGrib interactswith it. Some model updates will be delayed slightly, and some model parametershave been removed. Read on for more details…
LuckGrib v4.4/v2.3 now available
An update to LuckGrib is now available on both iOS and macOS. LuckGribnow has the worlds first isochronal weather routing solver that can accept constraintpoints. Read on for more details…
GFS v16 and the WW3 Ocean model
The GFS model has been updated to version 16. With this change come anumber of improvements and changes. The WW3 model is now part of GFS,which improves the WW3 data in several ways.
High(er) resolution GFS
The GFS model has been updated to version 16. Part of this update is improvedWW3 ocean data, including our first look at higher resolution GFS winds.