cheapest way to get weather files offshore?

[nuru05]

Is there a reliable way to download weather offshore? I have starlink but was hoping to use an iridium as my emergency communication device in addition to my EPIRB. Mainly because the cheapest plan is only like $11/month compared to $65 for an iridium. I'd like a way to get weather that is redundant to the stalink (mostly because I dont' fully trust it offshore yet) but would like to avoid paying $65/month for a service I rarely use. Are there any options to download good weather files (ideally predict wind) through the inreach?

[Franziska]

Afaik you can not receive weather files like Grib via Inreach. The Inreach is purely text based.



Having said that, I was wondering if a clever programmer could not find a way to convert Grib data into a text format and then decode it into a Grib via another piece of software.

I have no idea how much text such a recorded Grib file would be though.



Still there are alternative forecasts on the Inreach :
https://wx2inreach.weebly.com/about.html
Inreach itself also supplies marine weather.

Still, both are not Grib files.



For those you would need an IridiumGo or HF radio with modem.