</s> ▁G RI B ▁( GR Id ded ▁Binary ▁or ▁General ▁Reg ular ly - dist ributed ▁Information ▁in ▁Binary ▁form ) ▁is ▁a ▁conc ise ▁data ▁format ▁commonly ▁used ▁in ▁meteor ology ▁to ▁store ▁historical ▁and ▁forec ast ▁weather ▁data . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁standard ized ▁by ▁the ▁World ▁Meteor ological ▁Organ ization ' s ▁Commission ▁for ▁Basic ▁Systems , ▁known ▁under ▁number ▁G RI B ▁FM ▁ 9 2 - IX , ▁described ▁in ▁W MO ▁Man ual ▁on ▁C odes ▁No . 3 0 6 . ▁ ▁Currently ▁there ▁are ▁three ▁versions ▁of ▁G RI B . ▁Version ▁ 0 ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁a ▁limited ▁extent ▁by ▁projects ▁such ▁as ▁TO GA , ▁and ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁in ▁oper ational ▁use . ▁The ▁first ▁edition ▁( current ▁sub - version ▁is ▁ 2 ) ▁is ▁used ▁operation ally ▁world wide ▁by ▁most ▁meteor ological ▁cent ers , ▁for ▁N umer ical ▁We ather ▁Pred iction ▁output ▁( N WP ). ▁ ▁A ▁newer ▁generation ▁has ▁been ▁introduced , ▁known ▁as ▁G RI B ▁second ▁edition , ▁and ▁data ▁is ▁slowly ▁changing ▁over ▁to ▁this ▁format . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁second - gener ation ▁G RI B ▁are ▁used ▁for ▁derived ▁product ▁distributed ▁in ▁E um et cast ▁of ▁M ete os at ▁Second ▁Generation . ▁Another ▁example ▁is ▁the ▁N AM ▁( N orth ▁American ▁Mes osc ale ) ▁model . ▁ ▁Format ▁ ▁G RI B ▁files ▁are ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁self - cont ained ▁records ▁of ▁ 2