Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("GRIB_API_DIR_ROOT", "C:\\Some\\Path", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process);

	using (GribFile file = new GribFile("mygrib.grb"))
	{
		GribMessage msg = file.First();

		Console.WriteLine("Grid Type: " + msg.GridType);
		
		double latInDegrees = msg["latitudeOfFirstGridPoint"].AsDouble();
		// GribApi.NET normalizes the coordinate values to degrees. This follows the best practice advised by ECMWF.
		
		// values are also accessible as strings
		Console.WriteLine("latitudeOfFirstGridPointInDegrees = " + msg["latitudeOfFirstGridPoint"].AsString());
	}

	using (GribFile file = new GribFile("mygrib.grb"))
	{
		foreach (GribMessage msg in file)
		{
			// do something
		}
	}

	GribMessage msg = gribFile.First();
	
	// the values in GeoSpatialValues are calculated by grid type
	foreach (GeoSpatialValue val in msg.GeoSpatialValues)
	{
		if (val.IsMissing) { continue; }

		Console.WriteLine("Lat: {0} Lon: {1} Val: {2}", val.Latitude, val.Longitude, val.Value);
	}

	using(GribFile file = new GribFile(@".\TestData\Pacific.wind.7days.grb"))
	{
		var vComp = file.Where(m => m.Name.Contains("V-component of wind m s**-1")).First();

		foreach (var val in vComp.GeoSpatialValues)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Lat: {0} Lon: {1} Val: {2}", val.Latitude, val.Longitude, val.Value);
		}
	}

	using (GribFile file = new GribFile("mygrib.grb"))
	{
		GribMessage msg = file.First();
		
		foreach (var msg in file)
		{
			foreach (var key in msg)
			{
				Console.WriteLine("Key: {0}, Value: {1}", key.Name, key.Value.AsString());
			}
		}
	}

	GribMessage msg = gribFile.First();
	double[] rawValues;
	
	// a copy of the raw values stored in the message
	msg.Values(out rawValues);

	string outPath = "out.grb";
	string readPath = "some.grb";
	
	using (GribFile readFile = new GribFile(readPath))
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Writing 1 message from {0} to {1}", readPath, outPath);

		var msg = readFile.First();
		msg["latitudeOfFirstGridPoint"].AsDouble(42);
		GribFile.Write(outPath, msg);
	}

	using (GribFile readFile = new GribFile(readPath))
	{                
		Console.WriteLine("Appending {0} messages from {1} to {2}", readFile.MessageCount, readPath, outPath);

		GribFile.Write(outPath, readFile as IEnumerable<GribMessage>, FileMode.Append);
		// or, more simply:
		//   GribFile.Write(outPath, readFile, FileMode.Append);
	}