Using UGrib to read USA weather forecast into Delft-Fews

Delft-Fews can read grib files and display these. the Ugrib program (http://www.grib.us/) can be used to download (sections) of the CFS gobal weather model. If you follow the following steps you can use this program to downoud files and import them directly into Delft-Fews.

1. Configure Delft-Fews to read the grib data (see below)
2. Download and install Ugrib (free egistration needed)
3. Setup Ugrib to download the grib files to the grib import dir (e.g. Import/UGrib) of Delft-Fews
4. Select a region in UGrib and downloud this
5. Run the import in Delft-Fews -> data should be visible in the Grid display

.h1 Configure Delft-Fews fro UGrib grib files

1. Create the Import/UGRib directory
2. Create the ID mapping for the UGrib import using the following mapping (see attached example):

   internalParameter	internalLocation	externalParameter	externalLocation
   Pressure.msl	UGrib	2	UGrib
   P.nwp.forecast	UGrib	61	UGrib
   Wind.u	UGrib	33	UGrib
   Wind.v	UGrib	34	UGrib

3. Create an Import moduleInstance for the grib files (e.g. ImportUGrib, see example) and add the the moduleinstancedescriptors
4. Add the new module to the import workflow
5. configure the Grid display the display the grib files

Example XML files are attached to this page