:Author: Hamish Bowman
:Version: osgeo-live4.0
:License: Creative Commons

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zyGrib
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Weather forecasting 
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zyGrib is a program to download and visualize weather forecast data in
the standard GRIB distribution format.

Core Features
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* Visualization of meteorologic data from files in GRIB format
* Automatic download of forecast model output directly from NOAA
* Automatic download from IAC (fleetcode) data
* Play animations of 5-day forecasts
* Create your own regional weather maps (worldwide), or view a detailed quantitative forecast for a particular location.
* Plot wind, pressure, temperature, humidity, rain, snow, cloud cover, dew point, and high altitude data.

Details
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**Website:** http://www.zygrib.org

**Licence:** GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3

**Software Version:** 3.9.2

**Supported Platforms:** GNU/Linux, Mac OSX, MS Windows

**Support:** http://zygrib.org/forum/