LuckGrib
By Craig McPheeters
- Category: Weather
- Release Date: 2018-03-31
- Current Version: 2.4.2
- Adult Rating: 4+
- File Size: 171.00 MB
- Developer: Craig McPheeters
- Compatibility: iOS 14.7+
Description
LuckGrib is a fully featured, easy to use, fast GRIB reader, viewer, downloader and weather router. Remote access to weather data via satellite or email is supported. Advanced weather routing capabilities, for sailors, is available. Weather forecast data, packaged as GRIB files, can be downloaded directly from the LuckGrib server cluster. For offshore sailors, LuckGrib offers a best-in-class, complete solution: industry leading visualization and ease of use, highly optimized weather data downloads via satellite, along with industry leading optimized weather routing and route analysis. Inshore sailors may not require satellite downloads, but will benefit from the rest of the system. LuckGrib is unique among apps that were originally designed for sailors, in that the weather analysis tools are powerful enough to attract attention from meteorologitsts. For meteorologists, and weather enthusiasts, LuckGrib offers access to a wide range of high resolutions models, a number of global models, weather data at the surface, 850mb, 500mb and 250mb levels, parameters ranging from simple things such as wind, pressure and temperature, to more advanced quantities such as simulated radar, standard deviations, precipitable water, lightning, vertical vorticity, helicity and more. Access is available to the entire suite of parameters in GFS, HRRR, NAM and others. Downloads are available via: a direct high speed internet connection, through the Iridium GO! as well as through the RedPort Optimizer. LuckGrib provides access to many weather and ocean models, including: GFS, GFS Wave, GDPS/GEM, GEFS, HRRR, RAP, NAM, NBM, Icon-EU, Arpège, Arome, OpenWRF, RTOFS, NCOM and many others. These models allow you to study surface conditions, wave and swell state, ocean currents, winds at the jet stream level, mid atmosphere as well as at the boundary layer. In addition, LuckGrib allows you to explore weather model uncertainty with its support for standard deviation and probability values. LuckGrib is a thoroughly modern and advanced GRIB viewer. See: luckgrib.com/models for more details on the models and parameters that are available. LuckGrib comes with a 14 day free trial. If you are interested in studying weather and gaining access to detailed weather forecasts, download the app and give it a try. Downloading data via satellite or email requires the Offshore Data in-app purchase. See offshore.luckgrib.com for more details on the remote access capabilities. The LuckGrib weather routing system is an industry leading, high quality, robust, high performance and comprehensive system. See routing.luckgrib.com for more details. Access to the isochronal weather routing system requires an in-app purchase. The LuckGrib isochronal Weather Routing solver is able to respect intermediate constraint points, the first in the industry. A constraint point is a point which a route must leave to port or starboard. Constraint points are needed to describe short routes which have crossings, as well as to express your preference on a long open ocean passage to stay to a given side of a strategic point. A simple example of a short route that needs this ability is a route which goes around an island, returning to the start point. Many sailboat race routes, perhaps the majority, have routes which cross. Two examples are Fastnet and the Around Catalina Island race. These routes can now be described in LuckGrib, and optimized Weather Routing solutions found for them. Note that LuckGrib does not use a subscription pricing model - after the free trial, when you decide to purchase the app, there will be a one time charge, not an ongoing subscription. For more details, please visit the support website. * privacy policy: https://luckgrib.com/privacy * terms of use: https://luckgrib.com/terms-of-use * end user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Reviews
The ‘thinking sailor’s’ weather router.
I dumped Predict Wind for this platform (iOS and MacOS) and never looked back. It is worth your time to read Craig’s entire site and absorb all that is going on in the background to better understand it’s capabilities. His “manual” is as thoughtfully written as his software development. Easy to use with a UI that was clearly made for the Apple ecosystem (i.e. not a PC carryover).
LuckyGrib
My initial investment of time to learn this app has revealed the many facets and flexibility in using the LuckGrib as opposed to other apps in this field. I especially like the ability to modify and then view the many aspects of sailing that are important. The more I use the LuckyGrib the more confidence I have in it’s projections. On a recent passage LuckyGrib was the most accurate while other app were significantly off. Thank for a great app. Sincerely William Lippincott
Awesome
Far and away the best GRIB viewer available on iOS. Also the Mac version is killer much better than anything available for windows.
Best weather model app!
Great app. I do wish you would bring back the SPC model (Not sure where from), to show % of tornado, hail etc.
Best Grib app out there
Intuitive, well designed and affordable. The oceanic current gribs are not easy to find on internet, but here they are. Thank you!
Amount of information is outstanding
I have been using Luckgrib for 3 years in the South Pacific and I really appreciate the variety of weather models to choose from and now the weather routing capability adds more ability to plan passages.
Best App for a sailor
I wrote a review a few years back but I am updating because the app keep getting better. 1. Love euro model access. 2. Love tutorials 3. Router is great. I am not sure how to do race courses but for passages it is brilliant. 4. Iridium go integration.
Excellent
A very complex complete app. It gives the used a easy to understand view for routing for a offshore voyage. I have used the routing feature on some local 1-2 day trips and find it to be quite accurate and easy to follow. Pretty steep learning curve (very complex subject) but excellent YouTube videos aided me in basic understanding.
Amazing
So much thought has gone into making this app useful. Thank you!
Awesome affordable app w/o expensive subscription fees!
Great weather routing app without the unaffordable professional subscription fees that many non-professionals cruisers can’t afford. Watch and/or read the app tutorials! They are essential for getting the most from the app and perhaps learning more about weather routing. Highly recommended for any boater making an off-shore passage, learning more about weather, or navigating a faster and/or more comfortable route.
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