Get grib files for areas around Norway

get_weather.sh

#!/bin/bash

usage () {
    cat <<HELP_USAGE

    $0  <area> <outputs-path>

    outputs-path: directory weather grib and radar gif should be saved
    area: weather area to collect for, try "n-northsea" or "west_norway". For
          more options see https://api.met.no/weatherapi/gribfiles/1.1/available
HELP_USAGE
}

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  usage
  exit 1
fi

AREA=$1
DATA_DIR=$2
WEATHER_URL='https://api.met.no/weatherapi/gribfiles/1.1/?area=$AREA&content='
WEATHER_PREFIX='norkyst800m_weatherapi_$AREA'


echo "Saving outputs to $DATA_DIR"

# GRIB files
curl -X GET $WEATHER_URL'current' --output $DATA_DIR/current/$WEATHER_PREFIX'_current_'$(date --iso-8601).grb
curl -X GET $WEATHER_URL'weather' --output $DATA_DIR/weather/$WEATHER_PREFIX'_weather_'$(date --iso-8601).grb
curl -X GET $WEATHER_URL'waves' --output $DATA_DIR/waves/$WEATHER_PREFIX'_waves_'$(date --iso-8601).grb

# Precipiation animated GIF
curl -X GET 'https://api.met.no/weatherapi/radar/2.0/?type=preciptype&area=western_norway&content=animation' --output $DATA_DIR/radar/anim-vestnorge_radar_$(date --iso-8601).gif

Just noticed radar gif is hard-coded to western_norway. Not sure if that is available for the n-northsea region. Could try that.