Introduction

The -bin option writes the grid values to a specified file in binary format (C: float, Fortran: real). The default order is WE:SN (see -order option) with f77 header/trailer (see -no_header). The undefined value is 9.999e20. The file format remains unchanged from wgrib except the order of grid points can now be specified.

On most machines, the binary format is either big or little-endian single precision IEEE.

Usage

-bin file_name
     "-" sends the output to the terminal/stdout (results are unpredicatable in Windows)

Example

$ wgrib2 test.grb2 -s | grep ":RH:2 m" | wgrib2 -i test.grb2 -bin data.bin
285:36796469:d=2005090200:RH:2 m above ground:60 hour fcst

      wgrib               ==>                 wgrib2

      -header -bin -o out.bin                 -header -order raw -bin out.bin
      -bin -o out.bin                         -order raw -bin out.bin

See also: -text, -netcdf, -spread, -ieee