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Forum: Navigation 02-08-2018, 05:18
Replies: 42
Views: 10,441
Posted By mdelatte
Re: Offshore Navigation Weather Forecast Aids

Hello

With Iridimum GO, you can directly use SQUID Mobile on Tablet ...

With this app, you don't need to pre-load Grib files to compute a routing because the routing is carried out in the...
Forum: Navigation 29-03-2018, 05:50
Replies: 0
Views: 762
Posted By mdelatte
SQUID - Weather forecast now also 100% Mac OS native !

Hello

Great Circle has made available a brand new version, new user-interface of SQUID that is now, finally 100% Mac OS compatible without any Windows emulation tools => SQUID X

check here for...
Forum: OpenCPN 23-02-2018, 01:13
Replies: 23
Views: 12,038
Posted By mdelatte
Re: Grib files via Iridium?

With SQUID (Squid - The Best Marine Weather Data Provider (https://www.squid-sailing.com)), you can request GRIB files (and routing and synoptic charts) by email ...

depending on the package you...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-09-2017, 06:26
Replies: 16
Views: 3,742
Posted By mdelatte
Re: Predictwind for the Chesapeake

Hello,

have you also compared with NAM, HRRR, RAP, NAM Nest Conus forecasts in the Chesapeake Bay ? they are probably more accurate than GFS or european model as they are hi-res models from NOAA...
Forum: Navigation 22-09-2017, 06:09
Replies: 47
Views: 8,976
Posted By mdelatte
Re: Need some help crossing the med

LAMMA provides 2 models, one with a larger coverage is made from GFS and the high resolution one with smaller coverage (centered on Genoa bay) is computed from ECMWF IFS model ... this one is more...
Forum: Navigation 22-09-2017, 06:02
Replies: 47
Views: 8,976
Posted By mdelatte
Re: Need some help crossing the med

hello

about weather / wind forecast and routeing, you better use Arpege model than GFS, once closer to France, you may also use Arome for the passage from sardinia to spain/gibraltar.

have a...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 05-09-2017, 05:00
Replies: 6
Views: 2,490
Posted By mdelatte
Re: Saildocs Grib Problem

feel free to try SQUID too :)

very powerfull grib viewer and it can display several grib at the same time, so you can compare the data and give them a reliability factor (if 2 models are giving...
Forum: OpenCPN 05-09-2017, 04:56
Replies: 3,473
Views: 753,924
Posted By mdelatte
Re: Feature Requests

About GRIB files download in OPENCPN, is there a development regarding the integration of weather data with a Great Circle / Squid subscription ?

Would be nice to have also this source of weather...
Forum: OpenCPN 15-05-2017, 06:56
Replies: 132
Views: 18,985
Posted By mdelatte
Re: Weather Routing Plug In - Does it Actually Work

About creating a nearly accurate polar for your boat, there are existing solution for free or to be paid a bit :)

1. With Squid desktop, you receive some polar files for more than 50 boats ... may...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 10-02-2017, 06:13
Replies: 6
Views: 2,866
Posted By mdelatte
Re: Weather models / Gribs for eastern US Coasts

This subscription with SQUID may be a solution, not so expensive but it needs some weather knowledge to understand the in's and out's :smile:

not a human analysis , just weather data (with NAM,...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 06-02-2017, 07:39
Replies: 6
Views: 2,866
Posted By mdelatte
Re: Weather models / Gribs for eastern US Coasts

Thank you for this fast answer.

So , Comparison is the "key to success" :smile:

I have heard and read about HRRR and RAP , are those models more accurate due to their quick production with...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 06-02-2017, 07:02
Replies: 6
Views: 2,866
Posted By mdelatte
Weather models / Gribs for eastern US Coasts

Hello

Which weather forecast models do you use, do you trust for Eastern US Coast ?

GFS ? ECMWF ? NAM ? any other one ?

thank you for your advices
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