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by vermilingua 1251 days ago
Only in the US would you assume your govt's format is 'default'.
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tjohns 1251 days ago
I think the implication was more that any government meteorological office's format is the default over a small private company.

Especially since this API is repackaging output from the NWS's GFS model output.

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earthscienceman 1251 days ago
Yeah. And the follow up snark comment about it being an American thing. It is literally the file format specified for this type of data, globally. As outlined by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) decades ago. It's widely supported and parseable. Making a web API that parses GRIB data is trivial. It's not some esoteric thing. You can open the files in python on any modern computer+OS.
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seb1204 1251 days ago
So what is different or better in the Dark Sky syntax?
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