So even while crossing oceans you can get access to updated GRIB weather files, data and satellite images.WELCOME ABOARD Reviewing the best iPhone and iPad marine navigation and GPS related applications.
If your not paying attention to weather, a day on the water could go from fun to disaster very quickly. ![]() Weather is important if your just out for the afternoon and especially if your crossing oceans. In the past collecting all of these forecasts and weather data was a bit tricky for the average person to access. Once you were able to display the data you then had to determine what the best course was to take advantage of all this complicated weather data. Predict Wind has put all of this together in one nice easy package that allows anyone to quickly down load and decipher the forecast data. Their app takes all the guess work out of planning a departure and can automatically calculate the optimal departure time and path from your point of departure to you destination taking into account wind direction and speed. Predict Winds new GRIB viewer can now be used on your PC or MAC computer. ![]() The advanced features can be purchased for a minimum of 3 months or on a yearly basis. These purchases allow access to advance features and functions like unlimited locations, auto routing, swell data, rain, clouds, isobars, ocean currents, departure planning, sea temperatures, satellite imagery, Iridium Go interface, tracking, wind graphs charts and tables. I reviewed the Predict Wind App a while back and was very impressed with the capabilities. Predictwind Offshore Weather 3.4.2 Free Predict WindThe free Predict Wind Offshore App is now available for download in Windows and MAC versions, so you can get all the same features on your PC or MAC computers. The updated iOS app version is suppose to be available soon in the App Store but I have not seen it yet. The latest notice said that the app was accepted by the App Store on December 17th so it should be published soon. A world map is displayed along with coordinates and menu options on the left. Use your mouse to pan and zoom into the area where you want to acquire a forecast. Drag and drop the green start and red top points for your route. The colored outlined boxes on the chart denote the high resolution GRIB files available along your route. Predictwind Offshore Weather 3.4.2 Download Button AtTapping the Download button at the bottom provides a list of options for getting the GRIB forecast models. Choose between PWG, PWC, CFS and CMS models or a combination of them. Once selected the app will automatically download the GRIB files for the forecast route. Other options are resolution, GRIB Offshore, time resolution, time period up to 1-14 days.
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