The Weather Forecasting Forum

Is there anything on these pages that may be of use:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.php
http://ready.arl.noaa.gov/READYcmet.php

No, I'm sorry, there isn't.
I now found this: http://www.sailingweatheronline.com/grib.html .
Here you can find .grb files from HiRLAM, but it's only for ...

I found this: http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/fil ... 2012022506.
But it doesn't work because it's .grib2 .
How do I get these data in .grb (for Western Europe (at least lat 45 - 65 N; lon 5 W - 20 E))?

I would like to import data from weather models like ECMWF or GFS.
I found information about GRIB files, but when I imported this, I only saw:

00 HR 10 M wind (deg)
00 HR 10 M Wind U component (m/s)
00 HR 10 M Wind V component (m/s)
00 HR MSLP

And I couldn’t plot any of them.
How can I plot ...